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November 16, 2007
Friday Feathers
The Common Grackle is a large black bird with an iridescent blue-black head. It has a purple brown body, long black tail, long thin bill and bright golden eyes.
The name is derived from the Latin word graculus, meaning "to cough" for its loud raspy call. Unlike most birds, it has larger muscles for opening the mouth (rather than for closing it) and prying crevices apart to locate hidden insects.
Cindy
Comments
i think i should have a standard reply to your friday feathers.
superb, cinders.
Brain matter deposited by: zed on November 16, 2007 10:54 AM
We have these birds all over Houston. When I moved here 22 years ago, the first time I heard one outside my apartment window, I thought it was someone's car alarm going off. Really.
Brain matter deposited by: Jim Thompson on November 20, 2007 3:35 PM