Birds in Flight on the South Shores of Lake Apopka
March 25, 2021 - I settled on a park bench to watch the Boat-tailed Grackles in their springtime nesting behavior.... Read more
Boat-Tailed Grackle
 | If you’re lucky, you’ll see me more in the Publix parking lot than in your backyard. I’m a loud little piggie who will squawk his head off while cleaning out your feeders, all year round! My name comes from my broad tail, which distinguishes me from other grackles. Most Likely Found: At the beach, In the marsh, In your backyard When: Year-Round Where I've photographed: Circle B Bar Reserve, Gatorland Rookery, Lake Apopka, Lake Morton, Viera Wetlands Read more: Boat-Tailed Grackle at Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
I have written 17 posts including a photo of a Boat-Tailed Grackle
Fun Spring Morning at the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive
March 16, 2021 - A pair of Boat-tailed Grackles landed right outside my window and started making the calls of springtime.... Read more
Wading Birds at Lust Road
February 16, 2021 - Perched in the cattails, a Boat-tailed Grackle threw his head bang and sang.... Read more
Black Birds on a Gray Morning
December 3, 2019 - I wandered out on the dock and a Boat-tailed Grackle showed off, throwing his head back and calling loudly.... Read more
Colorful Birds on the South Shore of Lake Apopka
November 30, 2019 - Purple Gallinule Boat-tailed Grackle Snail Kite Redhead Duck Pair with Canvasback and Coots Grackle Chasing Osprey Double-crested Cormorant with Fish... Read more
Eyes to the Skies at Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive
July 8, 2017 - There were so many juvenile Boat-tailed Grackles sitting out on the treetops!... Read more
Addicted to the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive
June 20, 2017 - Boat-tailed Grackle Eating Dragonfly.... Read more
Early April at Lake Morton
May 7, 2016 - Singing Boat-tailed Grackle Herman has always loved the "ugly" birds like Wood Storks and vultures.... Read more
Winter Birds Returning to the Circle B Bar Reserve
October 14, 2013 - Then this Boat-tailed Grackle hopped out onto a branch and started singing, showing off his blue-black colors in the bright sunlight.... Read more
Posing Pretty
October 26, 2012 - ...On my last sunrise visit to Circle B, I turned around and found this grackle sitting on a post behind me. She looked so pretty with her feathers glistening in the sun. She just begged me to take her picture…and even if she’s “just a grackle,” I was happy to do so! Read more
One More from my Visit to the Circle B Bar Reserve
May 22, 2012 - ...One more post from Sunday’s trip to the Circle B Bar Reserve… There’s a new family of Sandhill Cranes out on Wading Bird Way. The adults had the colts out on a “vegetation island” while I was there. From the pictures posted on Flickr, it looks like they later brought the babies up onto the […] Read more
Signs of Spring at the Viera Wetlands
April 22, 2012 - ...Last weekend I spent a morning at the Viera Wetlands. It was a cloudy morning, with sunshine in spurts, and I was just happy to be outside. The Great Blue Herons chicks are growing up quickly, as I wrote about last week. There were also many other signs of springtime around the wetlands. Sometimes the […] Read more
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo on Marsh Rabbit Run!
August 5, 2011 - Bird Species List (21 total): American Coot, Anhinga, Black-Bellied Whistling Duck, Boat-tailed Grackle, Common Moorhen, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Killdeer, Limpkin, Little Blue Heron, Mourning Dove, Northern Bobwhite (heard), Northern Cardinal, Osprey, Purple Martin, Red-winged Blackbird, Sandhill Crane, Tricolored Heron, White Ibis, Wood Stork, Yellow-Billed Cuckoo... Read more
Lions and Bitterns and Rails, Oh My! Circle B Bar Reserve Never Disappoints
January 23, 2011 - Northern Shoveler Northern Shoveler A Boat-Tailed Grackle sat on a post and fussed his head off.... :-D Boat-Tailed Grackle We headed down the Marsh Rabbit Run trail, feeling like the light was all backwards (since we're used to hiking it in the opposite direction).... But he had a Sora on…... Read more
More Winter Birds Have Arrived at the Circle B Bar Reserve
November 12, 2010 - Anhinga with fish Nearby, a Boat-Tailed Grackle posed for me, then hopped down to the ground and started picking at a dead fish.... Boat-tailed Grackle An Eastern Phoebe didn't see me and landed right up close.... Read more
More Migrants at the Circle B Bar Reserve
August 29, 2010 - Adios, amigos As we walked Heron Hideout, we came across several Boat-Tailed Grackles. Except they were molting, so most of them only had one or two feathers in their tails! They looked pretty silly. This one posed for me near a culvert, and he looked silliest of all -- his…... Read more
Cloudy, Breezy Days are Great for Bird-Watching at Gatorland’s Bird Rookery
July 3, 2010 - I looked up to see this parent and baby pair of Boat-tailed Grackles leaving the cover of the boardwalk to go hop around in the branches of the nearby trees.... Adult Boat-tailed Grackle The juvenile bird's eyes are not quite as bright as the adult, and the feathers don't have…... Read more