Its a Great-tailed Grackle. On Jun 16, 2014, at 8:46 PM, Joel Geier <joel.geier@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > This one looks like a real grackle, for folks who get excited about grackles > ... > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Don Boucher <bouchdon@xxxxxxxx> > To: birding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [birding] Fwd: Grackle at Ankeny > Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:12:14 -0700 > > See > photos:https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mid-valley-nature/i_HOcQ7rPa4/179YnQvUrz8J > > On 6/16/2014 6:52 PM, Ted - Gmail wrote: > Don, > > Here are better photo examples. I was at the pull off on the north side > of Ankeny last evening (6-15). I don't know what road that is. It is > the pull off with a shelter and two driveways a little east of the rail > tracks. There are usually a lot of herons there, and last week, a great > egret. > > I took the photo as an after thought after the last heron flew away. I > didn't recognize it as the other blackbirds I know of. I snapped a > photo to check it out at home. That is when I got a bit confused. I > took photos of grackles in AZ in April and thought they must have a > relative in this area that I wasn't aware of. > > Anyway, you can share these wherever you wish and my email as well if > anyone wants to contact me. > > Ted Werth > _______________________________________________ > birding mailing list > birding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://midvalleybirding.org/mailman/listinfo/birding >