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Boat-tailed grackle        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Boat-tailed grackles, one of three grackle species in North America, are named for their huge tails (although these are not as big as on some great-tailed grackles).  Like all grackles, they are highly social, noisy, irridescent birds; males are glossy blue-black males and the smaller females are brownish.   Boat-tailed grackles are found in southeastern North America; these were photographed along the causeway to Sanibel Island in south Florida.

  • Canon 1D3, 800 mm f4 IS lens plus 1.4X converter, fill-in flash (2007)