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Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

Photo by annorion
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Description:

Lovely blue/black iridescent plumage. Appropiately named!! These guys flew down in mass and covered the lawn. Stayed a few minutes and then flew in mass to a tree were they grackled away. From a distant it sounded like chatter at a party.

Reference Links:

Common Grackle, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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