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	Birds, Familiar: Common Grackle, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		The grackles are condemned by farmers on account of the considerable damage done by them to the grain crops during the planting season and until after harvesting has been completed.
		The grackle approached the sparrow and as the smaller bird flew away, the attacker seized its prey in its beak and gave it several hard shakes, with the body of the sparrow hitting the hard concrete pavement.
		Field marks.--The grackles are the largest of our northern flbirds and have the longest tails; these are wedge-shaped and rounded or graduated at the end; and the male often carries his tail keeled, the middle feathers lower than the others.
	home.bluemarble.net /~pqn/ch41-50/grackle.html (5155 words)

	AllRefer.com - grackle (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		The plumage of the purple, or common, grackle of the Atlantic coastal region is fl with metallic hues, iridescent in the sunlight.
		The bronzed grackle, which interbreeds with the purple, is found further inland and W to the Rocky Mts.; in the South are found the Florida and boat-tailed grackles, in Texas and Mexico the great-tailed grackles, or jackdaws.
		Grackles are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Icteridae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/grackle.html (211 words)

	Common Grackle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) is a large flbird with yellow eyes and a long keel-shaped tail.
		Grackles are in a family of birds called troupials, from their habit of forming large troupes, or flocks.
		The grackle has a larger, heavier bill, and the full tail of the grackle usually is obvious (though sometimes flbirds in spring hold their tails in a similar manner, briefly).
	thebirdguide.com /sample/cogr.htm (686 words)

	GRACKLE - LoveToKnow Article on GRACKLE
		In America the name Grackle has been applied to several species of the genera Scolecophagus and Quiscalus, though these are more commonly called in the United States and Canada flbirds, and some of them boat-tails.
		There is also Brewers or the blue-headed grackle, S. cyanocep/zalus, which has a more western range, not occurring to the eastward of Kansas and Minnesota.
		All these birds are of exceedingly omnivorous habit, and though destroying large numbers of pernicious insects are in many places held in bad repute from the mischief they do to the corn-crops.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GR/GRACKLE.htm (346 words)

	grackle facts, grackle control, bird control, bird control products
		Boat-tailed grackles live along the eastern and southern seacoasts while great-tailed grackles are found mostly in Texas and the south-west.
		Grackles will nest in a variety of places from willow swamps, dense brush to tall trees with trees being the most common.
		Common grackle eggs are a pale green to light brown with purple and dark brown streaks and blotches.
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	JayAllen.org :: Stories from the Road :: The Gift of the Grackle
		Grackles have sharp pointy beaks and tail feathers that are as long as the rest of it's body.
		One or two grackles might not be such a problem, but these birds seem to be highly autophobic and crowd together like Miss Universe contestants in front of the only bathroom mirror at the fifty year reunion.
		Third, the biology department was thrilled to discover that grackles have not only a dogged determination to return to their roosting spot, but also a nearly unlimited capacity to reload.
	www.jayallen.org /stories/the_gift_of_the_grackle (1855 words)

	Birds, Familiar: Common Grackle, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		Eggs.--The purple grackle lays ordinarily four of five eggs to a set, very rarely seven; sets of six are not especially rare; the only set of seven that I have found contained two eggs that were quite different from the other five.
		I constantly see grackles and starlings feeding on my lawns, and like to think that they are probing for the grubs of this beetle; but I have never seen them feeding on the adult beetles in my rose garden.
		When grackles and starlings select a roost in a thickly settled community, or in the trees of a city street, as they sometimes do, they create a decided nuisance.
	birdsbybent.com /ch41-50/grackle.html (5155 words)

	common grackle
		The Common Grackle is a medium-sized bird which looks like a smaller version of a crow.
		Male Grackles have a purple irridescence (a shiny purple glow).
		Grackles mostly search for their food on the ground and low plants.
	www.fcps.k12.va.us /StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/common_grackle.htm (283 words)

	grackle -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Grackles use their stout, pointed bills to snap up insects, dig grubs from the soil, and kill small vertebrates, including fishes and baby birds; they can also crack hard seeds.
		The hill mynah (Gracula religiosa) of southern Asia, called the grackle in India, is renowned as a “talker.” It is about 25 cm (10 inches) long, glossy fl, with white wing patches, yellow wattles, and orangish bill and legs.
		The grackles, the cowbirds, and the red-winged, yellow-headed, rusty, and Brewer's flbirds are members of this large group.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9037584?tocId=9037584 (523 words)

	ADW: Quiscalus quiscula: Information
		Common grackles have adapted so well to human structures that they are quite common in open areas such as suburban developments, city parks and cemeteries.
		Common grackle nests are occasionally parasitized by brown-headed cowbirds, although cowbird eggs in these nests are largely unsuccessful.
		Common grackles are one of the most successful and wide-spread species in North America, with an estimated total population of 97,000,000 individuals.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Quiscalus_quiscula.html (1850 words)

	Boat-tailed Grackle
		The Boat-tailed Grackle and its close relative the Great-tailed Grackle were thought to be a single species until it was found that both nest in southwestern Louisiana without interbreeding.
		The Common Grackle is smaller and the female lacks the paler breast.
		The Boat-tailed Grackle is a year-round resident along coasts from New Jersey south and west to Louisiana.
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /boattailed_grackle_info.htm (147 words)

	Comments by Curtis Marantz on the Santa Maria mystery grackle
		Although the flbirds did not seem to have a problem with the grackle when it was on the ground, they invariably chased it about when in flight and even when perched in the trees.
		Even better as characters pointing to a Great-tailed Grackle X Brewer's Blackbird hybrid are the very even appearance of the purple sheen on this bird's upperparts, its general lack of a hood, and the lack of multicolor spangling and fringes on the scapulars and coverts (all of which point to Great-tailed Grackle as a parent).
		In the end, I believe that a Great-tailed Grackle X Brewer's Blackbird hybrid is the most likely explanation for the marks noted on this bird, though without a specimen, the bird's true identity may never be known.
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	Grackle Range Expansion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major) is a characteristic species of brackish coastal habitats along the southeastern Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines of the United States.
		From 1902 to 1957 ornithologists considered Boat-tailed and Great-tailed grackles the same species, as they are morphologically similar and can be difficult to separate in the field in their limited range of overlap.
		In the case of Great-tailed Grackles in the west, the primary factor is probably human—the agricultural conversion of arid prairie and grassland habitats to irrigated farmland.
	www.birdsource.org /features/grackles (507 words)

	All About Birds
		A familiar sight on suburban lawns, the Common Grackle can be recognized by its iridescent purple and bronze plumage and long, keel-shaped tail.
		The Common Grackle commonly engages in anting, allowing ants to crawl on its body and secrete formic acid, possibly to rid the body of parasites.
		The expansion of agriculture, along with the use of mechanical crop harvesters, improved overwinter survival by increasing the supply of waste grain.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Grackle_dtl.html (452 words)

	Birds of the Upper Texas Coast - Boat-tailed Grackle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Both Common and Great-tailed Grackles might be present with it.
		Boat-tailed Grackle can be told from Great-tailed grackle by the color of the eye.
		The Boat-tailed Grackles of the Gulf Coast have dark eyes while the Great-tailed Grackles of the Gulf Coast have bright yellow eyes.
	www.texasbirding.net /birds/boattail.htm (154 words)

	Birds - Purple Grackle
		One peculiarity of the grackles is that their eggs vary so much in coloring and markings that different sets examined in the same groups of trees are often wholly unlike.
		With all their faults, and they are numerous, let it be re-corded of both crows and grackles that they are as devoted lovers as turtle-doves.
		The Bronzed Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula aeneus) differs from the preceding chiefly in the more brownish bronze tint of its plumage and its lack of iridescent bars.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles20/birds-7.shtml (453 words)

	PURPLE (common) GRACKLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		PR The purple grackle is very similar to the crow, wearing the same color plumage and having many of the bad habits of its larger counterpart.
		At a distance, the grackle seems jet fl all over, but when the sun strikes its feathers, they take on a hue of steel blue or royal purple.
		A sure sign that fall is on the way appears in early August when the grackles come together in flocks numbering in the thousands.
	www.baylink.org /wpc/pgrackle.html (195 words)

	BioKIDS: Common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) : Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Grackles use their bill, not their feet, to search for food on the ground.
		Common grackles migrate in mixed-species flocks with red-winged flbirds, European starlings, and brown-headed cowbirds.
		Each common grackle has sings one song that is different from other common grackles, and probably helps to identify that individual.
	www.biokids.umich.edu /critters/information/Quiscalus_quiscula (1644 words)

	Boat-tailed Grackle Breeding Male
		Boat-tailed Grackle: Three to five pale blue to blue-gray eggs with splotches of fl, brown, lilac, and gray.
		In marsh vegetation the eggs may be found in a nest that appears bulky and built of dried stalks, grasses, and cattails.
		Boat-tailed Grackle: Similar to this bird is the Great-tailed grackle which is larger and has bright yellow eyes with a longer bill, flatter crown and is found inland west of Mississippi River.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/523/_/Boat-tailed_Grackle_Breeding_Male.aspx (700 words)

	Birds: The Bronzed Grackle
		The Bronzed Grackle or Western Crow Blackbird, is a common species everywhere in its range, from the Alleghanies and New England north to Hudson Bay, and west to the Rocky Mountains.
		The Grackle is as omnivorous as the Crow or Blue Jay, without their sense of humor, and whenever opportunity offers will attack and eat smaller birds, especially the defenseless young.
		He has studied for several seasons the remarkable Bronze Grackle roost on the college campus at that place, where thousands of these birds congregate from year to year, and, though more or less offensive to some of the inhabitants, add considerably to the attractiveness of the university town.
	www.birdnature.com /dec1897/grackle.html (558 words)

	Antigua Birds: Carib Grackle. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Grackle is a very bold bird that lands on visitor’s hotel dining room tables.
		Grackles utter a very noisy squawk (chawk) and can be very noisy in flocks.
		Grackles live to be about 15 years old and they fly about 25 mph.
	www.antiguanice.com /antigua_nature/antigua_carib_grackle.htm (173 words)

	Birds » Wild Birds » Grackle - Common Main Page
		This bird can be fairly noisy, especially when being fed! The Common Grackle is blamed yearly for the destruction of crop fields during migratory passes, when the birds will raid the crops for delicious vegetables, feeding themselves and their young and feasting on the sweet food housed there.
		The Boat-tailed Grackle is larger than the Common Grackle and it also has brown eyes, is bluer in color and has a longer tail than the Common Grackle.
		The Common Grackle is found as far north as Canada, including Alberta and Nova Scotia and also a far south as the eastern two-thirds of the United States.
	www.centralpets.com /animals/birds/wild_birds/wbd3776.html (704 words)

	Grackle
		The second Grackle was launched 9 November 1943 by Henry B. Nevins, Inc., City Island, N.Y.; sponsored by Mrs.
		Redesignated coastal minesweeper (MSC(O)-13) in February 1955, Grackle was placed in service in reserve 16 September 1957 and was stricken from the Navy List 1 March 1963.
		Grackle serves the Brazilian Navy as Jurvena (M-14).
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/g7/grackle-ii.htm (273 words)

	Common Grackle
		Common Grackle: Permanent resident throughout Florida, breeds in most areas of North America east of the Rocky Mountains and south of the tundra.
		Common Grackle: Four to seven light brown or light green eggs with brown and lilac markings are laid in a bulky cup nest made of twigs, grass, mud, feathers and occasionally trash.
		Common Grackle: Similar to this bird are male Great-tailed and Boat-tailed Grackles which are larger and have longer tails.
	www.percevia.com /explorer/db/birds_of_north_america_western/obj/536/target.aspx (571 words)

	All About Grackle Birds
		Grackles are large flbirds with long, wedge shaped tails.
		grackle, and the males are much larger than the brownish females.
		Grackles belong to the family of flbirds and the order Passeriformes.
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	Common Grackle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Gregarious, noisy and numerous, grackles are easily detected because of their tendency to forage in open situations such as lawns and shorelines.
		Because Common Grackles are widespread, associate with human-altered habitats and are easy to detect, they would be expected to be recorded in most blocks.
		Common Grackles were easy for Atlasers to confirm in most blocks by observations of food being delivered to young or young out of the nest.
	www.conservation.state.mo.us /nathis/birds/birdatlas/maintext/0400092.htm (489 words)

	BirdForum - Short-tailed Grackle
		The complete loss of a tail in birds is normally the result of an accident as Charles suggests but Common Grackles like your bird (and other grackle and New World Blackbird species) are unusual in that they sometimes moult all of their tail feathers simultaneously.
		Most birds (and this includes many Common Grackles too) replace their tail feathers gradually so that there is no significant loss of function during moult.
		As grackles moult their tails in late summer/ fall a missing or part grown tail at this time is most likely the result of moult but a missing or part grown tail in spring is presumably more likely due to accidental loss.
	www.birdforum.net /printthread.php?t=8922 (526 words)

	Birds and Nature: The Great-tailed Grackle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Great-tailed Grackle belongs to a family of birds that is "eminently characteristic of the New World, all the species being peculiar to America." It is the family of the flbird and oriole, of the bobolink and the meadowlark.
		The Great-tailed Grackle is a native of Eastern Texas, and the country southward into Central America.
		The Great-tailed Grackle, as well as the other species, usually builds rude and bulky nests in trees, sometimes at quite a height from the ground.
	www.birdnature.com /feb1901/grackle.html (306 words)

	Great-tailed Grackle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The first documented evidence of Great-tailed Grackles in Missouri was a specimen collected at Bigelow Marsh in Holt County in 1976 (Robbins 1977).
		Although Great-tailed Grackles are easily detected and identified, they are colonial in appropriate marsh habitat and could have been missed during the Atlas Project.
		Great-tailed Grackles begin to reappear in Missouri at the end of February and their numbers increase and peak in late March and early April (Robbins and Easterla 1992).
	www.conservation.state.mo.us /nathis/birds/birdatlas/maintext/0400093.htm (391 words)

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