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Common Grackle

Common Grackle Doing the Splits

You'll find me in large, noisy flocks.  Look for my bright yellow eye.  I'll visit your feeders and clean them out!

Most Likely Found: At the beach, In the marsh, In the open fields, In the treetops, In your backyard

When: Year-Round

Where I've photographed: Gatorland Rookery, Lake Apopka

Read more: Common Grackle at Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Ebird: Common Grackle eBird range


I have written 3 posts including a photo of a Common Grackle


Common Grackle

A Morning in Backyard Birding Paradise

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January 24, 2018 -  This Common Grackle flew into the yard at first light and tried to do the splits in a crape myrtle bush.... Read more

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Early May at the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive

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May 14, 2016 - ...An early May photography expedition to the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive yielded Osprey, Red-winged Blackbirds, a surprise Sora, Common Gallinule chicks, and a cooperative Barn Swallow Read more

Cloudy, Breezy Days are Great for Bird-Watching at Gatorland’s Bird Rookery

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July 3, 2010 - Limpkin A juvenile common grackle made me laugh as he followed his father around, flapping his wings around to beg for food.... Juvenile Common Grackle I noticed many smaller newer voices as I walked under the covered portion of the boardwalk near the South Gazebo.... Read more

Jess My blog started as a daily record of wildlife and plants in my backyard garden, plus snapshots of our cats and Rich's favorite turtles. Then I discovered bird photography, and now the birds outnumber the cats and turtles! Browse the links below to see birds and other critters photographed around Central Florida.

My Reference Pages

  • Backyard Bird Identification
  • Central Florida Bird Photography Locations
  • Gardening for the Birds
  • Rose Identification

Backyard Photography

  • Birds
  • Roses
  • Butterflies
  • Garden

Central Florida Photography Locations

  • Alligator Farm
  • Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
  • Black Skimmer Colonies
  • Blue Cypress Lake
  • Blue Springs State Park
  • Bok Tower
  • Brevard Zoo
  • Brian Piccolo Park
  • Callaway Gardens
  • Cape Coral Burrowing Owls
  • Chinsegut
  • Circle B Bar Reserve
  • Cockroach Bay Preserve
  • Coral Cove Park
  • Cox Road Kingbird Roost (Polk)
  • Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area
  • Fort De Soto
  • Gatorland Rookery
  • Greenwood Cemetery Eagle Nest
  • Holloway Park
  • Huguenot Memorial Park
  • Joe Overstreet Road
  • Lake Apopka
  • Lake County Backroads
  • Lake Hancock Outfall Wetlands
  • Lake Jesup
  • Lake Louisa State Park
  • Lake Mirror
  • Lake Morton
  • Lake Parker Park
  • Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
  • Leu Gardens
  • Little Estero Critical Wildlife Area
  • Loggerhead Park
  • Lowry Park Zoo
  • Lukas Butterfly Encounter
  • Maine Trip – July 2013
  • Marineland Beach
  • Marshall Hampton Reserve
  • Matanzas Tern Colony
  • Mead Gardens
  • Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
  • Moccasin Island Tract
  • Oakland Nature Preserve
  • Orlando Wetlands Park
  • PEAR Park
  • Polk Rookery
  • Sandhill Crane Nest
  • Sandhill Crane Nest #2
  • Sanibel Island
  • Seminole Towne Center Pond
  • Silver Springs
  • Tibet-Butler Nature Preserve
  • Venice Rookery
  • Viera Wetlands
  • Weekiwachee Preserve
  • Wekiva Springs State Park
  • Winter Park Osprey Nest
  • Other Places

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  • Cats
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  • Macro Photography
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  • Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Dina's Wildlife Adventures
  • Don Komarechka Photography
  • Ebird
  • Firefall Photography
  • Garden Web
  • Great Florida Birding Trail
  • Lukas Nursery
  • Marina Scarr Photography
  • Melissa Groo Photography
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  • Our Natural Places
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  • TNWA Photography
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