Birds

A White Brown-headed Cowbird

October 24, 2014 by Corey 1 Comment
I was sorting through a large mixed flock of Brown-headed Cowbirds and European Starlings at Fort Tilden on Friday morning when Isaac Grant, the intrepid...
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The Grackle

March 19, 2013 by Mike 44 Comments
The grackle is the ultimate American bird, adaptable, intrepid, and obstreperous. Ten species of these iridescent ebon irritants, most in the genus Quiscalus, are...
Birds

Breeding Bobolinks in Queens

June 14, 2011 by Corey 4 Comments
Bobolinks are among my favorite birds.  It is impossible to hear their silly song being sung from on high without growing a grin on...
Birds

Yellow-headed Blackbirds: Conspicuous Wetland Breeders

June 8, 2011 by Larry 8 Comments
Yellow-headed Blackbirds (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) are robin-sized blackbirds found in prairie and mountain meadow wetlands of the western and central United States and Canada.  They...
Birds

Answering the Important Questions

April 25, 2010 by Corey 5 Comments
Here at 10,000 Birds we think it is very important that we tackle the big issues of the day, the issues that can effect...
Birds

What is a Grackle?

November 27, 2009 by Corey 14 Comments
Grackles are of the Icterid family, the New World family of birds that includes blackbirds, orioles, oropendolas, meadowlarks, caciques, the Bobolink, and cowbirds.  The...
Birds

Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula in Central Park

October 26, 2009 by Corey 16 Comments
I’ve recently discovered that if I hustle out of my office for my lunch hour, jump on the uptown C train and get off...
Birds

Juvenile Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)

July 20, 2009 by Corey 16 Comments
This weekend while I was exploring the Shawangunk Grasslands in Ulster County, New York, with my parents (more on that later) we came across...
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