Some of the more common birds we see here in Texas are the grackles. You can hardly walk through a supermarket parking lot without seeing one of these brown or black birds peering out at you from ...

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

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 ...

Across North America, grackles are virtuosos of adaptation. The small- to medium-sized New World blackbirds are particularly social and known for foraging skills that help them flourish in ...

Have you ever seen huge flocks of blackbirds crowd Texas parking lots and wondered what attracts them there? Here’s why. Those big flocks of blackbirds have a name — great-tailed grackles — and ...

It might sound strange to hear that a once-common bird is experiencing a decline, but that is what is happening with the ...