SW Florida - Common Grackles? (1 Viewer)

Fandango739

GeoBird

• Nov 19, 2017

• #1

Seen at Harns Marsh near sunset.

Thanks!

 

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njlarsen

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• Nov 19, 2017

• #2

Why not boat-tailed?

Niels

 

KC Foggin

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• Nov 19, 2017

• #3

The flight image looks like Boat-tailed Grackles and the second looks more like a Common Grackle. To me anyway.

 

Fandango739

GeoBird

• Nov 19, 2017

• #4

njlarsen said:

Why not boat-tailed?

Niels

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Almost always the Florida / Gulf coast Boat-tailed males have darker eyes, not at all bright yellow like the mid-Atlantic.

This lot seem to have brighter eyes than our average Boat-tails.

 

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Kratter

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• Nov 20, 2017

• #5

All Common Grackles. Same too Ed above BTGR have dark eyes in Florida (except extreme NE). Also they are shorter tailed and smaller billed