Great-tailed Grackle

Great-tailed Grackles can get very aggressive when gathered at a feeding station [February; Laguna Atascosa NWR, Texas]

Great-tailed Grackles are ubiquitous in South Texas; This male calls from its favorite habitat; cattail marsh [April; Krenmueller Farms, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas]

Great-tailed Grackles are ubiquitous in South Texas; This male calls from its favorite habitat; cattail marsh [April; Krenmueller Farms, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas]

Though they often look black, in teh right light Great-tailed Grackles show purple iridescence [February; Laguna Atascosa NWR, Texas]

Though they often look black, in teh right light Great-tailed Grackles show purple iridescence [February; Laguna Atascosa NWR, Texas]

Great-tailed Grackles can get very aggressive when gathered at a feeding station [February; Laguna Atascosa NWR, Texas]

Sunrise silhouettes a Great-tailed Grackle in the resaca[April; Krenmueller Farms, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas]

Great-tailed Grackle displaying for a female [April; Krenmueller Farms, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas]

Great-tailed Grackle displaying for a female [April; Krenmueller Farms, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas]

Great-tailed Grackle displaying for a female[April; Krenmueller Farms, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas]