A glossy black songbird with a fuzzy head and a large, spiked bill perches on a dead snag, peering down.

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Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major), 8th May 2024
es: Zanate Marismeño, fr: Quiscale Des Marais
Cape Henlopen State Park, The Glade, Delaware
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 25% crop, 1/400s, f/14, ISO 1000
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A Boat-tailed Grackle photographed head-on at ground level, mid-stride on a sandy beach. Iridescent blue-black plumage, piercing yellow eyes, and long legs caught in a confident strut. Its shadow stretches to the right on the sand. Sunset Beach, NC. November 9, 2024.

Boat-tailed Grackle serving iridescent blue-black on the shoreline runway. No stylist. No agent. Just fierce main character energy, a beach and that swishy tail. Werk it! Sunset Beach, NC. #BirdOfTheDay #SteppingOut #BTGR

A large copper-brown songbird fluffs its feathers out as it stands in a dry bush.

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Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major), 8th May 2024
es: Zanate Marismeño, fr: Quiscale Des Marais
Cape Henlopen State Park, The Glade, Delaware
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 20% crop, 1/400s, f/14, ISO 1250
#Birds #BoatTailedGrackle #BTGR