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Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)
Above and below: Male Boat-tailed Grackle about to gulp a few dozen Horseshoe Crab eggs along Delaware Bay (5/20/2006). Below: Male Boat-tailed Grackle photographed in coastal Delaware during the summer of 2003.
Below five: A male Boat-tailed Grackle causing a general raucous on Assateague Island, Maryland, its call reminiscent of shaking a can of spraypaint (10/14/2007).
"Do birds blink?" Finally I took the exact photo I've wanted for addressing this question. I'm still scratching my head on my personal favorite nature question I've heard, though: "Do turtles dream in color?"
Below five: A female Boat-tailed Grackle feeding on mussels along the rock jetty at the Indian River Inlet, Delaware (1/27/2007).
Below: A Boat-tailed Grackle at dusk on the Outer Banks, North Carolina (5/27/2011).
Below: Many of the Boat-tailed Grackles on Assateague Island are in heavy molt and missing tail feathers at this date (9/10/2011).
