mick129
September 8, 2022, 8:06pm
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This is neat!
In Texas we also have grackles, which can look very similar. The easiest way to distinguish is their call, which is a bizarre crackle-pop-whistle noise.
The great-tailed grackle or Mexican grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) is a medium-sized, highly social passerine bird native to North and South America. A member of the family Icteridae, it is one of 10 extant species of grackle and is closely related to the boat-tailed grackle and the extinct slender-billed grackle. In the southern United States, it is sometimes simply referred to as "blackbird" or (erroneously) "crow" due to its glossy black plumage, and similarly it is often called cuervo (" Gre...
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