#Count Grackula

[ostdrossel]

It's Puff Grack season! I love the Grackles, and about a week after their arrival they have started to show off. Please enjoy the Grack Waltz! (Unmute for max fun!)

[somelazyassartist]

HOWDY COME CHECK ME OUT ON ARTFIGHT!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!

[birbmania]

Molting common grackle . . . Delaware backyard . . . 8/30/22 count grackula at his finest

[the-osborn-way]

Count Grackula

the scientific name for the grackle is gracula quiscula so now next time i see a grackle i will call it count gracula

[everythingisahoax]

This little guy never leaves the telephone pole across from my apartment.

I seriously need to give him a name.

[sasquapossum]

Pretty sure the real source is someone who exists right here on tumblr dot com: @ostdrossel who really started the whole bird-camera thing. Now you can just buy a bird feeder/camera online, but they had to invent it first.

In particular, one of those definitely looks like Count Grackula.

Woman Puts Camera On Bird Feeder In Her Yard, Here Is What It Has Caught.

[ostdrossel]

Another one for the Grackheads.

They were the highlight on this gloomy day.

[ostdrossel]

The Grackles for February are for one, yet another that came on a snowy day, and the judgy one with a very intense stare. Photos like the second one are why I decided to make a judgy Grack calendar, they just have the best poses, and the world needs to see them.

[ostdrossel]

The week began with lots of work for me and with air so thick, hot and humid you could probably cut it. The garden is happy, the mosquitoes are thriving, and the birds are giving their best wet mug shots, some more sassy than others. Baby MoDo (last photo) is already starting to defend the food bowl from others like a pro.

[ostdrossel]

Daddy Grack is showing the babies where to find food. Happy Fathers Day weekend!

[ostdrossel]

It was very nice

in the last two days, today, I didnt even wear socks for quick runs outside. The Cardinals are singing up a storm, the Groundhog made a first showing, the Juncos begin to leave, and I have planted some tomato and okra seeds (inside still). I am also keeping an eye on migration forecasts, and things look very promising for the coming weeks. Here are two handsome male current regulars, showing all their colors to improve mating chances.

[ostdrossel]

If there is enough interest, I could probably make another Grack only calendar as well. I would have to tap into my archives but I think it would be doable. I only went with one calendar this time around because I did not have as many new photos as in previous years.

[ostdrossel]

Birds are still bringing their babies to the yard, and some are coming by themselves now, like the Grackle with the little ♥ on the chest. Grackles are also good at dealing with the heat, they bathe a lot, cover themselves in mud or lose feathers. We have an air quality alert today - take care and stay safe!

[ostdrossel]

If this is a face

that only a mother could love, I guess I am a mother now 😁 Grackles can undergo some of the more dramatic molts, with individuals sometimes losing their entire head feathers. This gives them a completely different appearance, and while I kind of pity them, I also deeply love these weirdly beautiful creatures.

[ostdrossel]

Happy Easter

to those who celebrate. I always find it fascinating to see what colors and shades the Grackles come in, and this year is no difference. There is a purple type, a more blue and green type, and some with bronze tones. And like every year, there is one that stumps me with its eye colors. Very dark, unlike the adults, but also not a youngster that early in the season. That is the one in the first two photos.

[ostdrossel]

The Grackles

are also still around, and some are still feeding babies, but molting has also begun, giving some of them the best and most dramatic looks. As if they couldn’t already do that with their plumage fully intact!