Grackle

I love the color in these guys.

I want to thank everyone for all your kind words. I do appreciate them.
An update, Ralph is fine. Broketail settled for cat food.

[Geertje K.]

Wow, he's not black, but really beautiful coloured! Great capture!

[Brian Buccigrossi]

Great colors and eyes,I am happy for ralph :)

[Rebecca Briggs]

wow...great colours, glad ralph is ok..x

[Jonna]

Wonderful shot!!! The iridescence in the feathers is beautiful... I have not had good luck getting shots of birds at all!!! I love to look at shots by people who have this skill!!! ;-D

[Courtney]

Fabulous expression on his face! Wow!

[Lynn M. Watson]

Wonderful capture of his brilliant colors!

[Haley Otto]

This is great! Love the texture of the leaves!

[Kd Wallis]

wow, they really are beautifully colored!!! great shot!

[Karen Hurd (hwy61)]

what a good-looking guy...seems he is talking to you!

[Kerri]

Beautiful bird

[Muse]

You've nicely caught the color and shiny texture! Terrific look

[Jennifer C]

great pic! Nice to know what a grackle looks like!

[Trina P Holub]

ooh, yours turned out much better than my Grackle. :-)

[Angie Vega ☮♥ シ]

awesome capture...love the reflecting colors on this bird.

[Barbara Warner]

Beautiful capture. Love the colors!

[Cheryl]

Love the intensity of the grackle look- fabulous colors! Glad to hear Ralph made it througha brush with Broketail!

[stephanie dp]

cool capture!

[PamSnaps1]

Great capture! They look iridescent don't they?

[elkehochban]

Great capture!

[marg]

Awesome iridescent colours in this guy. Pleased to hear that Ralph handled himself ok with Broketail.

[Denise]

Great iridescent coloring on the bird.

[Nadine]

What an intense-looking bird. Amazing!

[Tammy Guth]

Pretty cool looking bird!

[LeenaH]

Jewelery like :)

[Britt-Arnhild Lindland]

Sparkling back. Is that really possible :-)

[Chloe :)]

Awe cute bird! And glad to hear Ralph is fine !

[Lilith Cherry]

His feathers look like oil on puddles , very pretty! Good choice broketail, lol!

[bernadette mcelligott]

Is that what he is called?? never heard of that.. I am so glad Ralph is fine.

[robinwarner]

good to hear margaret ...and nice shot of this bird....

[Pyrrhula]

so do I . And I love the pic you take from him.
Glad to hear Ralph is fine, keep it that way

[Missy B]

I like that you captured his beauty. Growing up, I remember how my mom would chase away the grackles because they would eat the birdseed before the prettier birds would arrive. Poor Mr. Grackle. (Glad to hear that Ralph is doing well, too after the Broketail photo!)

[Juliette Packham]

great shot - love the subtle colours in his coat. Lucky Ralph, he lives to see another photo shoot!

[Saira Priest]

Great capture. I like how you captured hs head color and sheen.

[mimo]

Great capture!!

[Rick Schies]

Great colors and he stands out nicely

[K J Buehl]

Excellent Capture!! I like the details in the bird and background.

[Kathryn Marshall]

Great capture. These birds move very quickly. I am glad Ralph is O.K. I wondered about him.

[Penny Milner]

Amazing inky colours! Glad to know that Ralph is safe!!

[molizard]

very nice shot! black birds & white birds are the hardest.

[wendy chapman]

Glad Ralph escaped those sharp claws. I love the iridescence too.

[Susan]

Beautiful bird!

[Devrin Wimberley]

They do have really neat sparkly colors. Nice capture! And, I have finally learned what these birds are called (:

[Ellen E]

me too! great shot! that's good news for Ralph! :)

[Shirley Chetwynd]

Good for Ralph,this birds colouring is beautiful

[Margaret Tryon]

@ca_dev Devrin, they are common grackles, but you can call them foo foo birds.

[Martie H]

Great catch of the colors, Margaret! Grackles are often thought of just being black. Great shot.

[Emer Hyland]

great inky colours...never heard of a grackle.....they say you learn something new everyday....thanks to you i did

[Carol Olejnik]

I missed your grackle.. *smacks herself in the head*... work on that awareness thing Carol.. I love the way he is perched on the rock yet seems to be looking right at you... nice one Magz.. very nice and I love their colors too.. if they weren't so nasty to my other birds on the feeder...

[Halcyon49]

Superb shot, Margaret! I've never heard of a grackle either. Are they related to crows?

[Andree Sanborn]

I love grackles. No many others do (especially my husband). They are great comics. You have an awesome shot here: they are difficult to photograph.

[Margaret Tryon]

@halcyon49 I think they might be, but I'm not positive.

[Margaret Tryon]

@meeyauw They are hard to photograph, as they are so shy. I took this shot through the window. Even then, they see me and fly.

[Margaret Tryon]

@luvshorses Carol, mine are all polite. :-)

[Caroline]

He's so handsome!!! I love the colors too - but the look he's giving is priceless.

[Alecio]

I love the colors and textures in this photo

[Paula Fontanini]

Excellent capture Margaret! I'm not crazy about Grackles but they do display such a beautiful irridescence when the light hits them just right.

[Bugik]

Whoa, what a stare! Great capture!

[Tabbycat]

Beautiful, subtle plumage..