There is a large family of birds belonging to the blackbird family, but an invasive species often causes confusion.

The grackle is part of the Icterid family, which includes species like blackbirds, as well as orioles and meadowlarks. Because grackles gather in such unnatural environs as Kroger parking lots ...

Common grackle has a long, graduated tail often held ... Breeding Bird Survey has detected a general decline in this species, at a rate of 2.1 percent per year.

I am fascinated by all aspects of nature. It doesn’t matter if it’s insects, reptiles, amphibians, plants, rocks or mammals. I love it all. But for some reason, birds seem to be rise ...