Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

This is #20 in a video series reviewing the top 20 most common bird species found in Saint Joseph and Elkhart County of Indiana. This video features the Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula).

SOURCES:

www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/manual/speclist.cfm
ebird.org/species/comgra
Peterson, Roger Troy. Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, 2009.
www.in.gov/dnr/naturepreserve/files/fw-Endangered_Species_List.pdf
www.iucnredlist.org/species/22724320/131484290
www.audubon.org/climate/survivalbydegrees/county?zipCode=46530
feederwatch.org/learn/common-feeder-birds/
birdsoftheworld-org.proxy.birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/comgra/cur/appearance
birdsoftheworld-org.proxy.birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/comgra/cur/conservation
birdsoftheworld-org.proxy.birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/comgra/cur/movement
birdsoftheworld-org.proxy.birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/comgra/cur/breeding#nest
birdsoftheworld-org.proxy.birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/comgra/cur/habitat

ILLUSTRATIONS: Kristina Knowski Arts LLC, www.kristinaknowski.com

AUDIO CLIP: William WH Gunn / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML61224)

MAP: From the Birds of the World, birdsoftheworld.org, published by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

PHOTO CREDIT LISTED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

Dori Eldridge/Audubon Photography Awards
Caroline Samson/American Photography Awards
Marie Schmidt/Audubon Photography Awards
Sujata Roy/Great Backyard Bird Count
Patrick Carney/Audubon Photography Awards
Jim Vandegriff / Great Backyard Bird Count
Gary Mueller/Great Backyard Bird Count
Wink Gaines / Audubon Photography Awards
Mark Ludwick | Macaulay Library Oregon, January 15, 2017
Joan Tisdale/Great Backyard Bird Count