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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) LaBagh Woods Chicago Cook County IL May 2015 Jeff Skrentny IMG_6988
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These pictures were taken at or near a bird feeder for wild birds at The Raptor Trust. I think I combined these right, though with birds coming-and-going it wasn't trivial to keep track of any individuals. The fairly uniform color reminds me of a crow, but the eye looks wrong. I'm wondering if it's a darker-than-usual Common Grackle.
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These pictures were taken at or near a bird feeder for wild birds at The Raptor Trust. I think I combined these right, though with birds coming-and-going it wasn't trivial to keep track of any individuals. The fairly uniform color reminds me of a crow, but the eye looks wrong. I'm wondering if it's a darker-than-usual Common Grackle.
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I had put some birdseed out in a tray right outside the back door (wasn't about to try to fill the feeder, which is on the other side of that snowdrift). Wasn't sure if this poor grackle was going to make it. It was separated from its flock (no other grackles around, just a few starlings), & seemed so weak it was just flopping in the snow to feed. It may be a 1st-year bird -- it's not an adult male (a little duller & less iridescent). But it eventually ate its fill & recovered. Who knows, I may have saved its life. (I know, I know -- just what we need, more grackles.)
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I had put some birdseed out in a tray right outside the back door (wasn't about to try to fill the feeder, which is on the other side of that snowdrift). Wasn't sure if this poor grackle was going to make it. It was separated from its flock (no other grackles around, just a few starlings), & seemed so weak it was just flopping in the snow to feed. It may be a 1st-year bird -- it's not an adult male (a little duller & less iridescent). But it eventually ate its fill & recovered. Who knows, I may have saved its life. (I know, I know -- just what we need, more grackles.)
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One leucistic in the large flock