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Birders

BillyBobBrilliant

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6. Boat tailed, or

Reply to Lunabell (Original post)

Sun Jun 4, 2023, 07:46 AM

Jun 2023

great-tailed grackle or Mexican grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus). They are ubiquitous here in Texas. The give away is the yellow eye, barely visible in the image.

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Can anyone identify this bird? [View all] Lunabell Jun 2023 OP

Looks like a boat tailed grackle (female) nt Xipe Totec Jun 2023 #1

bingo marble falls Jun 2023 #4

Yes, I think you're right. Lunabell Jun 2023 #5

I agree. 2naSalit Jun 2023 #8

I was going to guess grackle (because it's too slender to be a crow). ShazzieB Jun 2023 #16

that, lunabell, appears to be the very rare "corvus brachyrhynchos" rampartc Jun 2023 #2

Too small to be a crow. Lunabell Jun 2023 #3

Boat tailed, or BillyBobBrilliant Jun 2023 #6

Yes. That's Sally, I wondered where she went. marble falls Jun 2023 #7

If they send her back... 2naSalit Jun 2023 #9

They're all over around here, and they're almost as smart as crows. When I filled the cats' bowls .. marble falls Jun 2023 #10

I have experienced them... 2naSalit Jun 2023 #11

Yes, 2naSalit Diamond_Dog Jun 2023 #12

And they roam from feeder to feeder... 2naSalit Jun 2023 #13

We chase them away when we see them on our feeders Diamond_Dog Jun 2023 #14

That's exactly what was going on... 2naSalit Jun 2023 #15

In college a group of us rented a house from a professor; an ornithologist Xipe Totec Jun 2023 #17