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 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 ...

» If you are interested in seeing the great-tailed grackle, follow these instructions provided by Spokane birder Ron Dexter. Watch for flocks of blackbirds and listen for what Dexter describes as the ...

Last week, I wrote about the red-winged blackbird, which is one of the first migratory species to arrive in our area in the ...

I had hoped to ask you this question in person, but with face-to-face conversations being limited right now, I’m writing to you instead. What can I do to “grackle-proof” my bird feeder. They keep ...

‘Tis the season, but that white stuff falling from the sky might not be snow. Each year around this time, hundreds of thousands of grackles gather to roost around the city. Most of the time these ...

I hate to start my response by being fussy, but I’m quite sure the guy who made that blasphemous movie about birds was “Alfred” Hitchcock, not Albert. Albert was Alfred’s younger brother. Albert ...

It might sound strange to hear that a once-common bird is experiencing a decline, but that is what is happening with the ...

I am familiar with worthy urban devil birds and the people they live to cause grief. For the past decade, I’ve been on the receiving end of New Yorkers’ gripes about the common pigeon (or the “rock ...

FORT WORTH - As dusk fell here one evening recently, an armed team spread out over the corporate campus of RadioShack Corp. and waited. Suddenly, high above the downtown skyscrapers, the electric-blue ...