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Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula

Grackles are black birds with iridescent (glossy, oily-looking) feathers.  They are opportunistic and intelligent foragers, and will devour anything from corn to crustaceans. Grackles are, for the most part, found year-round throughout the state.

County
Specimen
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Albany
Specimen # 174
Date: April 22, 2011
Location: Delmar, NY
Notes: At feeder.
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New York
Specimen # 243
Date: Late March, 2013
Location: Battery Park, NY
Notes: Thanks Dawn!
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Westchester
Specimen # 80
Date: June 6, 2009, 3:09 pm
Location: Chappaqua, NY
Notes: Appeared with another grackle on numerous occasions.
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Westchester
Specimen #124
Date: August 29, 2010
Location: Somers, NY
Notes: Part of a larger flock, notice molting feathers.
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Specimen #124
Date: August 29, 2010
Location: Somers, NY
Notes: Part of a larger flock, notice molting feathers.

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