Great-tailed Grackle Photos
South Dakota Birds and Birding
Photos of Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus - Photography by Terry Sohl - South Dakota Birds and Birding
My Favorite: Great-tailed Grackles
are a relatively new arrival in South Dakota. When I first started birding in
2000, it was a species that was expanding their range northward (ahem...climate
change), and was just starting to regularly be found in southern parts of
the state. The photo below is from Lincoln County, South Dakota, and
provides a nice look at the overall structure of a male Great-tailed Grackle and
that glorious tail.
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Great-tailed Grackle 1 (Male)April 17th, 2005 Lincoln County, South Dakota |
Great-tailed Grackle 2 (Male)May 2nd, 2010 Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Great-tailed Grackle 3 (Female)April 17th, 2005 Lincoln County, South Dakota |
Great-tailed Grackle 4 (Male)April 17th, 2005 Lincoln County, South Dakota |
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Great-tailed Grackle 5 (Male)May 2nd, 2010 Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Great-tailed Grackle 6 (Male)May 5th, 2019 Lincoln County, South Dakota |
Great-tailed Grackle 7 (Male)May 5th, 2019 Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Great-tailed Grackle 8 (Male)May 5th, 2019 Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Click here for the species description page for the Great-tailed Grackle.