Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)

Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)

Common along the immediate coast in North Carolina.

Male, Dare Co., NC 6/1/07

Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)

Females are often confused with the less common Rusty Blackbird by beginning birders.

Female, Dare Co., NC 11/2/05

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