Common Grackle (Code 1) 6 Feb 2015
Area: Locally common to abundant migrant and summer resident, uncommon winter visitor.
Yard: Fairly common in spring and fall, less common summer and uncommon winter visitor.
Audio: Recorded 10 March 2015 by OldBird21c mic as small grackle flock briefly visited feeders (Northern Cardinal singing in foreground).
Sightings: First of year (FOY–below) was a bird that hid in an oak tree near the sparrow slick until the other birds cleared out, then it dropped down to feed on the seed for a few moments.
