Fighting The Wind

I took this photo at Helton head beach the other day; I was out doing a little shooting on my way back from Greenville SC. Note: this was during... more

by Kim Pate

Title

Fighting The Wind

Artist

Kim Pate

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Photograph - Digital Photography

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I took this photo at Helton head beach the other day; I was out doing a little shooting on my way back from Greenville SC. Note: this was during Tropical Storm Andrea..> Here is a little info on the bird species below.
Grackle
Grackle is the common name of any of eleven passerine birds native to North and South America. They belong to various genera in the icterid family. In all the species with this name, adult males have black or mostly black plumage.
Genus Quiscalus Boat-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus major
Common Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula
Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus
Slender-billed Grackle, Quiscalus palustris – extinct (1910)
Nicaraguan Grackle, Quiscalus nicaraguensis
Greater Antillean Grackle, Quiscalus niger
Carib Grackle, Quiscalus lugubris
Genus Hypopyrrhus Red-bellied Grackle, Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
Genus Lampropsar Velvet-fronted Grackle, Lampropsar tanagrinus
Genus Macroagelaius Golden-tufted Grackle, Macroagelaius imthurni
Mountain Grackle, Macroagelaius subalaris
Some members of the starling family have historically been called grackles. Tristram's Starling is sometimes known as "Tristram's Grackle", and the hill mynas in the genus Gracula have also been called grackles.

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June 25th, 2013