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RE: Daily Bird Photos - No. 3 ~ A Trip To The Bird Sanctuary ~
They are fantastic shots! I lived my entire life being confused about grackles and starlings I thought the one in your picture was the grackle and it took me my whole entire life to learn that I was wrong. And not only that I taught my children wrong. I've since corrected my mistake with them. Hopefully it doesn't get passed down to another generation.
Ah yes... the great grackle vs starling debate... Honestly, I didn't know that was a thing, but when I checked further I found there is a lot of talk online regarding the differences. Apparently, it comes down to beak and the tail. I found this page which is helpful:
http://birdinggirl.blogspot.com/2008/06/difference-between-grackles-and.html
Glad you liked my shots Melinda. I take a lot of bird pics, so I'm going to be posting every day if I can keep it up :)
It is easy enough to tell the difference, I just had the wrong name! I must have learned it wrong in childhood and somehow never corrected it! I love your bird photos!