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Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

Photo by RonaldOrosz
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Field Notes

Notes:

Anyone know why this grackle lost all the feathers on it's head? He wouldn't fly and just walked away when I got close

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Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

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Comments (5)
AshleyT
Lots of young birds molt their head at a different time than their body it seems, I've seen lots of featherless heads this time of year!
RonaldOrosz
Ok, he didn't look in too good a shape. I guess it's pretty rough for a bird in the molting stage. Thanks
AshleyT
It's a young bird just molting into his adult plumage, that would be why he didn't fly.
RonaldOrosz
Spotted in a parking lot in Rockville, MD
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 5, 2014

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