In the fall and winter, grackles gather in huge numbers in suburban trees at night, then spend their days searching for bugs, ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Deep in the heart of the Walmart parking lot on Shreveport Bossier Highway, every day is a fight for survival as Great-tailed grackles fight over scraps. Parking lot ...

The Common Grackle – A medium-sized blackbird whose plumage is black, and has a sheen that is glossy and iridescent. Common Grackles range over almost all of eastern North America east of the Rockies, ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The photos are all over social media, with comparisons never far behind to the Alfred Hitchcock thriller, "The Birds." Yes, we're talking about the Great-tailed Grackle. We've ...

For this installment of "From the Archives," we answer a reader question about the monk parakeets and grackles in Austin.

After a while, one learns what to expect with each month and each season. July is going to be hot and humid. October will be colorful and somewhat melancholy. January will be cold and sleepy. And then ...

Workers passing at their own peril through an avian war zone outside the Harris County Administration Building this week undoubtedly came away with a new appreciation for poet Ogden Nash's take on the ...

Grackles have been prancing around my lawn this week showing off their iridescence as they search for grubs and other fodder. The grackles are large, black, conspicuous – and almost always unwelcome ...

When Steve Oleson left his longtime job as a photographer in the Texas attorney general’s office, he did what any new retiree would do: He used his new freedom to pursue a passion. For Oleson, that ...

There are many villains in the bird world and the common grackle is one of them. This large blackbird is a common bully around feeders, chasing the other birds away while he feasts on the seeds.

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – It’s that time of year in the Key City when we see a lot of birds in the skies, especially near the southside Walmart. These birds are called grackles, and local experts ...