Common Grackle Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: Admittedly not my favorite species. They absolutely dominate my yard in the spring and early summer, including wiping out my feeders and intimidating other birds in my yard. They certainly do bring some character to the yard though with their antics, particularly their squawking and "competitive posing" between male pairs. As for photos, I think this is my favorite, mostly for the composition with the diagonal branches.

Photo of Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula


Common Grackle 1 April 9th, 2004 Brandon, South Dakota	Common Grackle 2 April 9th, 2004 Brandon, South Dakota	Common Grackle 3 April 9th, 2004 Brandon, South Dakota	Common Grackle 4 (Fledging) June 22nd, 2001 Brandon, South Dakota

Common Grackle 5 April 12th, 2005 Brandon, South Dakota	Common Grackle 6 May 2nd, 2010 Kingsbury County, South Dakota	Common Grackle 7 May 2nd, 2010 Kingsbury County, South Dakota	Common Grackle 8 April 10th, 2011 Lincoln County, South Dakota

Common Grackle 9 April 10th, 2011 Lincoln County, South Dakota	Common Grackle 10 April 23rd, 2020 Lake Thompson, South Dakota	Common Grackle 11 April 23rd, 2020 Lake Thompson, South Dakota	Common Grackle 12 April 23rd, 2020 Lake Thompson, South Dakota

Common Grackle 13 April 23rd, 2020 Lake Thompson, South Dakota	Common Grackle 14 May 2nd, 2020 Brandon, South Dakota	Common Grackle 15 April 14th, 2019 Wall Lake, Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Common Grackle 16 April 14th, 2019 Wall Lake, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Common Grackle 17 May 2nd, 2020 Brandon, South Dakota