{"id":1828,"date":"2010-12-21T06:29:16","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T11:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sipotd.wordpress.com\/2010\/12\/21\/12212010-great-tailed-grackle\/"},"modified":"2010-12-21T06:29:16","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T11:29:16","slug":"12212010-great-tailed-grackle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1828","title":{"rendered":"12\/21\/2010: Great Tailed Grackle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Rio-Grande-Valley-Birding\/14616228_RZHz9#1088413000_PDnXz-A-LB\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Rio-Grande-Valley-Birding\/IMG4982\/1088413000_PDnXz-L.jpg?resize=650%2C490\" width=\"650\" height=\"490\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A close relation of the Common Grackle and even closer to the Boat-tailed Grackle of the Southeast, this Great-tailed Grackle is abundant in the Southwest\u2026here in the Rio Grande Valley, right along the Mexican boarder. They gather in night flocks in the trees by the hotels in Harlingen Texas and their jungle noise is, after the blast of wind and humidity, the first thing that tells me I am back in the Valley. They are voracious around feeders. This one is after the orange undoubtedly put out for the Orioles.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>Digiscoped with a Canon SD4000IS behind the new Vario Eyepiece on the ZEISS DiaScope 65FL. About the field of view of an 1100mm lens on a full frame DSLR. 1\/80th @ ISO 200. 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