The great-tailed grackle is the most common in Houston. And our urban grackle comes across as a playful bird. Sure, their numbers can prompt Hitchcockian anxiety. But they create a wide range of ...

the Brewer’s in some ways replaces the common grackle ecologically. Monotypic. Length 9". A summer rusty blackbird is similar, but it has a more slender pointed bill. The male Brewer’s is more ...