TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Grackle Attack Grackle and Turkey Vulture Combat Take that you big oaf!! I get the feeling that the Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) doesn't care for the Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)! In fact, this grackle looked like he was about to land on the Turkey Vultures back! It was common to see Common Grackles mobbing Turkey Vultures at Acton Lake in Heuston Woods State Park on this cool, early May day. (Photo: May 3, 2004, Canon 10D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5 5.6 L IS USM)

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact bigbendwildlands@gmail.com

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.