Not familiar with these birds, but there were sure plenty of them along the Colorado river about 2 weeks ago. They had several kinds of calls and were loud! I got a kick out of them. But, not a great picture. They tended to look more black than brown.
Great-tailed Grackle (females brown, males black; the photo is a female)
Resin
Here is a page on them roy.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Great-tailed_Grackle.html
Thank-you very much!
