TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Male Grackles Jousting Common Male Grackles- Quiscalus quiscula Common Grackle-Quiscalus quiscula, Order PASSERIFORMES - Family ICTERIDAE. Grackles are year-long residents of Ohio. These beautiful males were joousting with one another for territory. These Grackles were found in Heuston Woods in early May near the north end of the lake in the surrounding wetlands. (Photo: May 3, 2004, Canon 10D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5 5.6 L IS USM) "A very abundant bird that has benefited from human activities. Has yellow eyes. Recognized by its iridescent purple and bronze plumage and long, keel-shaped tail." For More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Grackle_dtl.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.