#boat-tailed grackle

[birds--daily]

day 9

today's bird is the boat-tailed grackle!

request from @igotfunyuns !!

- young boat-tailed grackles can swim well for short distances

- boat-tailed grackles have an odd mating system called "harem defense polygyny" (look it up if you're interested, it's pretty crazy)

#artists on tumblr #bird art #birds #ornithology #boat-tailed grackle #boat tailed grackle #grackle #passeriformes

[alonglistofbirds]

[1555/10977] Boat-tailed grackle - Quiscalus major

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Emberizoidea Family: Icteridae (icterids)

Photo credit: Michael Stubblefield via Macaulay Library

#birds #Boat-tailed grackle #Passeriformes #Passeri #Emberizoidea #Icteridae #Quiscalus #birds a to z #undescribed

[dougdimmadodo]

Boat-Tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)

Family: American Blackbird Family (Icteridae)

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

Native to the southeastern USA, the Boat-Tailed Grackle shares much of its range with the closely related Common Grackle, but can be distinguished from its relative thanks to its larger size (Growing to be around 40cm/15.7 inches long compared to the around 32cm/12.6 inch long Common Grackle) and its considerably longer, broader tail, which is present in both sexes but more prominent in males. Found largely in coastal habitats (although they may also be found near large inland bodies of water or in human settlements where they feed on abandoned food scraps), members of this species roost in large, loosely organised flocks that may contain hundreds of individuals, and which scatter during the day to feed on seeds, fruits, insects, eggs and small vertebrates such as frogs, fishes and occasionally smaller birds before gathering back together at dusk. Boat-Tailed Grackles mate in the early spring (with a male establishing a strictly-guarded territory and producing a high-pitched mating call to invite a large number of females into it) and nest during the late spring and early summer (with several females constructing small, cup-shaped nests among dense elevated vegetation within close proximity to one another to increase the likelihood of potential predators and egg thieves being spotted, and 3-5 pale, speckled and striped eggs being laid in each nest.) Females of this species have pale brown bodies and dark brown wings, while males (such as the individual pictured above) are nearly twice the size of females and possess iridescent black feathers that reflect light in such a way that they may appear purple, blue or green if seen under bright sunlight. As is true of many grackles the males of this species are frequently mistaken for crows (with the word grackle being derived from the Latin graculus, meaning “jackdaw”, in reference to the two small species of Eurasian crows known collectively as jackdaws), but despite their superficial similarities grackles and crows are not closely related (with grackles and their fellow American Blackbirds being more closely related to the American Sparrows of the family Passerellidae.)

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Image Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9601-Quiscalus-major

(Side note: Some of the sources I’ve read about grackles seem to suggest that they’re among the most common passerine birds in North America, but I’m curios as to how true that is. I don’t suppose anyone who sees this post and lives in/has been to America can confirm or deny this?)

#Boat-Tailed Grackle #grackle #grackles #blackbird #blackbirds #icterids #icteridae #bird #birds #zoology #biology #ornithology #animal #animals #wildlife #north american wildlife

[rafefar]

Boat-tailed Grackle with a meal in her beak

Green Cay Nature Preserve, FL

#original photography #photographers on tumblr #bird photography #nature photopragpy #boat-tailed grackle #green cay nature preserve #rafefar #florida #birds

[shiny-and-sparkling-birds]

Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)

© Van Remsen

#boat-tailed grackle #quiscalus major #icteridae #passeriformes #van remsen #birds

[birds-that-screm]

Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)

© Van Remsen

#boat-tailed grackle #quiscalus major #icteridae #passeriformes #van remsen #birds

[magnetothemagnificent]

Lord and Lady Boat-tailed Grackle

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#my art #digital art #bird art #birds #boat-tailed grackle #edwardian fashion

[rjalker]

[ID: A video clip of the camera zooming in on a boat-tailed grackle that's standing on brown mulch while it looks around. It is a black bird with iridescent blue and green feathers, a long tail, and round yellow eyes. Part of an old song plays from speakers offscreen. End ID.]

(I have no idea what this song is or what is being said)

#flashing #flickering #birds #ask to tag #boat-tailed grackle #Quiscalus major #Quiscalus

[whatnext10]

The Boat-Tailed Grackle Is an Interesting Coastal Bird

The Boat-Tailed Grackle is an Interesting Coastal Bird show artistically enhanced photos of a male and a female grackle. It then discusses a few interesting facts about the birds and how the images were created.

Male Grackle Spending lots of time near the beach and living in a town near the coast of Florida in my younger years, I got very accustomed to seeing boat-tailed grackles (Quiscalus major) around. Now that I live a little further inland, I definitely miss their crazy antics. They are birds that have gotten very used to living around people. If food is around, they will find a way to get into it.…

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#artistic photography #artworks #bird art #bird photographs #bird photography #birds #black birds #boat-tailed grackle #brown birds #coastal birds #coastal birds of Florida #female grackle #fine art photography #Florida birds #Florida nature #Florida wildlife #grackles #male grackle #nature #nature photographs #nature photography #sexually dimorphic birds #wildlife #wildlife photographs #wildlife photography

[scobbe]

Absolute goon eating my suet

#boat-tailed grackle #when one comes everyone else leaves #I don't know what it is about them #I just think they're neat

[rachelsrandomsphotos]

Female Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)

Taken at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, FL

#boat tailed grackle #boat tailed grackles #grackle #grackles #bird #birds #bird photography #animal #animals #animal photography #wildlife #wildlife photography #nature #nature photography #photography #florida #florida photograhy #florida photographer #brevard zoo #nikon camera #nikon photography #nikon d3500 #Quiscalus major

[birds--daily]

I would loveeee to see a mexican grackle in your style :)

day 18

today's bird is the great-tailed grackle! (mexican grackle)

- sometimes they like to eat frogs and fish

- a few times throughout history, the boat-tailed and great-tailed grackle were considered the same species

- MY BAD I ACCIDENTALLY SAID THEY WERE CORVIDS, but either way, they're super smart <3

#my stupid ass drew an atlantic coast/gulf coast boat-tailed grackle for that request and then immediately got the great-tailed request #the atlantic coast boat-tailed looks exactly like the great-tailed 💔 #so sorry the birds look the same waaa 😭 #artists on tumblr #bird art #birds #ornithology #passeriformes #grackle #great tailed grackle #mexican grackle

[birbmania]

Boat-tailed grackle, male . . . Indian River Inlet, Delaware . . . 1/18/23

#birb #birblr #boat tailed grackle #bird #birdlr #wildlife #photography #wildlife photography

[great-and-small]

A stunning boat-tailed grackle enjoying the fine weather and warming waters of spring. This gal understands the importance of self-care!

#animals #wildlife #grackle #boat tailed grackle #biology #zoology #funny #animal behavior #nature #fauna #birds in the wild

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Boat-tailed Grackle

Photo: Judy Gallagher

"Until the 1970s, this big blackbird was considered to be the same species as the Great-tailed Grackle, but the two forms overlap on the coasts of Texas and Louisiana without interbreeding. The Boat-tail is a more aquatic creature, nesting in marshes, scavenging on beaches. Except in Florida, it is seldom found far away from tidewater. Boat-tailed Grackles nest in noisy colonies, the males displaying conspicuously with much wing-fluttering and harsh repeated calls."

- Audubon Field Guide

#birds #boat tailed grackle #birds of north america #north american birds #grackles #blackbirds #birds of the us #birding #bird watching #birdblr #birblr #bird of the day #Quiscalus major

[awearyelf]

Making friends with this big guy. Isn't this bud absolutely stunning???

#wearyelfphotos #nature #my photography #amateur photography #bird #black bird #my photo #original photography #photography #bird photography #birdwatching #bird watching #birds #original photography on tumblr #original phography #original photographers #animal photography #wild animals #animal #nature photography #bird person #birbs of tumblr #making friends #pretty bird #boat tailed grackle #grackle