We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Although common and great-tailed grackles are native throughout most of the United States, they're a bird species many people don't want to ...

Have you ever seen huge flocks of blackbirds crowd Texas parking lots and wondered what attracts them there? Here’s why. Those big flocks of blackbirds have a name — great-tailed grackles — and ...

Grackles have been prancing around my lawn this week showing off their iridescence as they search for grubs and other fodder. The grackles are large, black, conspicuous – and almost always unwelcome ...