Look out below! This Bald Eagle, photographed by Corey, was after Blue-winged Teal in Florida, not Atlantic Puffins in Maine. But still. Did you miss your chance...
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On Wednesday morning, 18 June, I had some time for birding because my job is such that sometimes I have to work a later...
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The grackle is the ultimate American bird, adaptable, intrepid, and obstreperous. Ten species of these iridescent ebon irritants, most in the genus Quiscalus, are...
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Every part of the world has it’s suite of parking lot staples, those urbanish species that seem to prefer to linger about humanity subsisting...
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According to Birds of North America Online, the Great-tailed Grackle’s (Quiscalus mexicanus) breeding range has been expanding northward for several years. I must say...
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On my last beat post for 10,000 Birds I talked about how to avoid European Starlings at your seed feeder. You can also avoid...
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Grackles are of the Icterid family, the New World family of birds that includes blackbirds, orioles, oropendolas, meadowlarks, caciques, the Bobolink, and cowbirds. The...
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I’ve recently discovered that if I hustle out of my office for my lunch hour, jump on the uptown C train and get off...
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