An unusual bird known to find temporary comfort in the gardens and trees of Houston-area neighborhoods is announcing itself ...

The bird may be in an awkward adolescent phase now, but it won’t stay that way for long.” Juvenile common grackles are brown with dark colored eyes. “In the first week of July, I heard some ...

Foraging birds are commonly seen on the ground with the tail cocked. Adult male: the glossy black body, with a greenish iridescence, contrasts with a brown head ... pale or horn-colored base ...