Quiscalus mexicanus
            
               (L 13f-17m" Wt 4.4f-8.1m  oz)
          
         
         
            
               In 1900 the northern edge of the
               Great-tailed Grackle’s range
               barely reached southern Texas.
          
         
         
            
               © BirdNote,
               Bob Sundstrom
          
         
            
               Quiscula in Latin means what
               kind
referring to Linnaeus’s
               original
description of the
               Purple Grackle.
          
         
         
         
            
               Grackles of any kind are just plain
               obnoxious around feeders.
            
               (David M. Bird)