Leggy and sharp-eyed, Common Grackles (along with their larger, showier relatives, Great-tailed Grackles and Boat-tailed ...
After a while, one learns what to expect with each month and each season. July is going to be hot and humid. October will be colorful and somewhat melancholy. January will be cold and sleepy. And then ...
My friend John loved grackles. He believed that, to be true to the oft-trumpeted independent Texas spirit, we should change our state bird. Why share the mockingbird, he said, with four other states, ...