» If you are interested in seeing the great-tailed grackle, follow these instructions provided by Spokane birder Ron Dexter. Watch for flocks of blackbirds and listen for what Dexter describes as the ...

Failing that, perhaps we could find some regal Houston designation for the grackle. Consider this excerpt from B.C. Robison’s “Birds of Houston”: “Common grackles assemble in flocks in open areas such ...

Letters, calls and the tuh-wheets of the crowd: Katherine M. Klier, Towson: Your night chirper is definitely not a grackle. In the first place, the rasping grackle sound doesn’t sound at all like the ...