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This male boat-tailed grackle was spotted bathing in a small pond. Only the males are this iridescent black color. The female would have been brownish. These birds have beautifully shaped long tails (seen in the second picture).
Spotted bathing in a small freshwater pond on a college campus. FL, USA.
The boat-tailed grackle is protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in the USA. http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/Regula... http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Boat-...
Spotted on Dec 5, 2011
Submitted on Dec 12, 2011
2 Comments
Thanks! He was really quite funny to watch and seemed to be enjoying himself.
Bird at the spa. I love this action series.