Participant Photo: What kind of bird is this?

6 comments on “Participant Photo: What kind of bird is this?”

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   Laura Frazier on July 26th, 2016 - 10:51am

   It looks like a young Common Grackle . . .

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   Jeffrey Willis on July 26th, 2016 - 3:50pm

   I thought so but couldn’t find picture of it. Thank you.

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   Bob Vuxinic on July 26th, 2016 - 11:50pm

   Looks like a Grackle, but I’ve never seen a Grackle that didn’t have yellow eyes, EXCEPT for some Boat-tailed Grackles down around the Gulf states.

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     Lauren Messinger on July 28th, 2016 - 7:57am

     Young Common Grackles are dull colored and have black eyes, unlike their yellow-eyed parents.

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   Jeffrey Willis on August 6th, 2016 - 8:19pm

   TY Lauren. Have a few of these young ones in my backyard now.

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   Aleene Jones on August 7th, 2016 - 9:49pm

   I believe it is a Juvenile Common Grackle, the eyes will turn yellow in the Fall.

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