About this episode
This episode focuses on the Common Grackle, exploring its characteristics and vocalizations while sharing experiences from two conservation areas in Ontario.
The Common Grackle is a blackbird with bright yellow eyes and a glossy-irridescent plumage. Their vocalizations are a mix of croaks, creaks, squeaks, and whistles. Common Grackles are typically found in most of Canada and the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, and are present year-round in the south-eastern half of that range. For this Species in Focus episode I’ll be sharing a spring walk at Fifty Point Conservation Area in Grimsby, Ontario in March 2022 and at Valens Conservation Area in March 2023. Credits Songbirding: Species in Focus is a Songbirding Studios production. Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. The Songbirding cover art (Blackburnian Warbler) is by Lauren Helton: https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/projects/5344062 Creative Commons music is from Universfield. Learn how to support the show at https://songbirding.com/support
People in this episode
Host: Rob Porter
Topics covered
- Common Grackle
- birdwatching
- vocalizations
- conservation
Keywords
- blackbird
- plumage
- Canada
- United States
- Fifty Point Conservation Area
- Valens Conservation Area
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Blackburnian Warbler
Places: Canada, the United States, the Rocky Mountains, Grimsby, Ontario
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