[texbirds] Interesting Grackle Trio traveling and foraging together

From: MBB22222@xxxxxxx
To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:55:39 -0500 (EST)

In the past I already presented photos of what appears to be Boat-tailed  
Grackles with light iris color. It was already suggested that Great-tailed 
and  Boat-tailed can interbreed. Here is an interesting group of three grackle 
males  which I observed traveling and foraging together along the beach at 
Quintana  this weekend.  Beach was deserted and almost birdless so I could 
spend time  with grackles, something I often wish I have more time for.
 
Here all three stopped to take a rest and check on me:
 
http://www.pbase.com/mbb/image/154186168
 
And crop to show the iris colors better
 

http://www.pbase.com/mbb/image/154186166
 

BTW we might, some better than others, identify different species but  on 
the other hand nobody knows what the species is.  We do  have about  twenty 
different concepts to choose from but we do not have one definition  accepted 
be everyone. Well, so far we cannot clearly define what the life is â¦ 
 
Mark B Bartosik
Houston, Texas
http://www.pbase.com/mbb/from_the_field

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[texbirds] Interesting Grackle Trio traveling and foraging together

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