My friend John loved grackles. He believed that, to be true to the oft-trumpeted independent Texas spirit, we should change our state bird. Why share the mockingbird, he said, with four other ...

On Jan. 2, a large group of birds descended on a shopping center in Cypress, Texas, with a Marshalls and ... The birds were great-tailed grackles, a species common during all seasons in areas ...

Their heads are flat, not rounded like boat-tailed grackles. These birds are common from Texas and Oklahoma to southern California. Discover more types of blackbirds you should know. Look for ...