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Thank-you, yes, Foxtail is what I remember

I can't take credit for that one ;-) but I will pass the comment on to my father in-law ! Thanks.

I think I have reversed myself now, after having spent some time on Google, and looking at some of the other photographs that I took. The distinctive "hood" and colourings may suggest Grackle after all.

Thank-you for the possible identifiication. I am also thinking that it might be a Brewer's Blackbird as I don't recall there being as much purple on the head or brown/bronze on the breast.

Thank-you to those that clarified the breed. Cheers !