A friend of mine is visiting southwest Florida, Gulf Coast.... and sees these birds in the grocery store parking lot. At first he thought they looked like Roadrunners but then closer, no...... someone local said something like Sand Heron but they look like some kind of crow or raven to me.
Two pictures my friend sent to me; here is the first:
Second photo here:
I'll say female Great-tailed Grackle.
Lets see what others say. :-)
Oh my goodness, yes, I forgot totally about Grackles! Used to have them when I lived on the southeast coast, hmmmm.
Yes, let's do see if there are other opinions -- thank you!
Editing to say, googled it and according to this map, Florida is not habitat for this bird. Perhaps it is another kind of grackle.....
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great-tailed_Grackle/id
This message was edited Aug 12, 2009 8:04 PM
Female Boat-tailed Grackle..our version of the Great-tailed. Boat-tailed is smaller but otherwise very similar.
Ditto to female Boat-tailed Grackle
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Oops, sorry I was thinking California. :-)
Thank you all most kindly!
