Watching birds in your backyard during the spring is a fun pastime. If you can't see them, you can still identify them if you ...

Do common grackles deserve their bad reputation? Learn why they're cooler than you think — and why scientists are watching ...

March is a great time of year for people across the United States. The snow begins to melt, temperatures rise, and many birds ...

Some of the more common birds we see here in Texas are the grackles. You can hardly walk through a supermarket parking lot without seeing one of these brown or black birds peering out at you from ...

The Common Grackle – A medium-sized blackbird whose plumage is black, and has a sheen that is glossy and iridescent. Common Grackles range over almost all of eastern North America east of the Rockies, ...

Failing that, perhaps we could find some regal Houston designation for the grackle. Consider this excerpt from B.C. Robison’s “Birds of Houston”: “Common grackles assemble in flocks in open areas such ...

Some consider the great-tailed grackle among the more pesky birds, but the black birds are smarter than one might think. Some researchers rank them right up there with crows, which are known for their ...

Even their name grates on the nerves. But not nearly as much as the racket these gregarious birds make when they roost in the hundreds in trees around Houston. "We have tried to get rid of them but it ...