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The Only Black Bird with a White Eye -- The Grackle

  

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Via:  a-macarthur  •  11 years ago  •  6 comments

The Only Black Bird with a White Eye -- The Grackle

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A songbird of the American blackbird family, the male of which has shiny black plumage with a blue-green sheen (Quiscalus quiscula). The white eye is one of the species' identifying "field markings".

A. Mac


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A. Macarthur
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link   seeder  A. Macarthur    11 years ago

I sometimes see them by the hundreds, occasionally with other blackbird species traveling along.

 
 
 
Arch-Man
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link   Arch-Man    11 years ago

He looks like he rolled in a rainbow.

 
 
 
Broliver "TheSquirrel" Stagnasty
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link   Broliver "TheSquirrel" Stagnasty    11 years ago

Down in Ft Smith, I saw thousands travelling as one big flock...

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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link   Perrie Halpern R.A.    11 years ago

Love the detail in your fine feathered friend, Mac!

We have a lot of them on my hill. They have very interesting plumage indeed.

And they are not pesty like starlings.

 
 
 
Kavika
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link   Kavika     11 years ago

Beautiful photo, it's like it own rainbow.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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link   Buzz of the Orient    11 years ago

Don't shoot (take a photo?) till you see the whites of their eyes.

(Where have I heard that before?)

 
 

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