Iridescent

ricmcarthur
recent  |  interesting  |  random  |  favorites  |  contacts  |  sets  |  tags:  
Iridescent
Iridescent

This common grackle took a break to come to the pond for a quick drink.
Much smaller than the Great Tailed Grackle I posted a few days back, this is a common summer bird around the Great Lakes.

Quiscalus quiscula

Grackles have a hard keel on the inside of the upper mandible that they use for sawing open acorns. Typically they score the outside of the narrow end, then bite the acorn open.

The oldest recorded Common Grackle was 22 years 11 months old.

source- Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

© All Rights Reserved
Taken on: July 17, 2014
Tags: Everybody's photos tagged with Quiscalus quiscula Quiscalus quiscula Everybody's photos tagged with grackle grackle Everybody's photos tagged with common grackle common grackle more » Everybody's photos tagged with nature nature Everybody's photos tagged with pond pond Everybody's photos tagged with bird bird Everybody's photos tagged with rondeau provincial park rondeau provincial park Everybody's photos tagged with ric mcarthur ric mcarthur Everybody's photos tagged with rick mcarthur rick mcarthur Everybody's photos tagged with rondeau ric rondeau ric « less
Sets appears in:   • Our Yard    • Pond    more » • Birds in Rondeau    • For the Birds    • Rondeau Provincal Park    • Nature    « less
Groups appears in:   • Birds    • Animal Intrigue    more » • Wildlife Photography    • Flickr Addicts    • Your Postcard Shot    • Nature Group: From animals to plants.    • Amateurs    • ☼Nature: Madre Tierra☼    • - I LOVE NATURE -    • NATUREPIX    • National Geographic Wannabes    • Nature Nuts!    • Nature Scenes    • FlickrToday (only 1 pic per day)    • Rondeau Provincial Park    • Bird Fanatics! (No Limits)    • BIRDPIX (3/day)    • The World Through My Eyes ...    • Animal Planet    • "Bird Brained"    • ***The Wildlife Photography    • The Nature Conservancy    • Bird Watchers    • Birds Photos - Check out the new discussions!    • Birding In The Wild    • Birdshare    • Burdr    • Photographing Birds    • Earth - Home    • Henry's Photo Club    • FIELD GUIDE OF BIRDS    • Audubon magazine    • Nature and Wildlife!    • THE WORLD OF BIRDS    • Wild Birds of North America    • Photographers aged 50 +    • * Wonderful World of Wildlife *    « less
Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T3i, f/5.6, 1/500 sec, 300mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T3i
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length: 300mm
ISO: 320
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Partial
White Balance: Auto
Color Space: sRGB
Show full info
Stats: 1,482 views / 15 comments