Animals of Texas | The Great-Tailed Grackle

[@adrianlujan4116]

These are my favorite birds. I could watch them for hours. They are so funny

[@WaffleusRex]

We have a decent number of grackles in my part of California too. I am quite fond of them as well.

[@michelleirby7587]

Nice video I thought I was the only person on the planet who liked this shiny vocally, talented bird

[@michelleirby7587]

Hey, I just went back to your channel to see if you had made some more videos and I realize there aren’t any. You should post some more animals. You did a great job with your first video.

[@anastasiad.6964]

I can't hear a grackle call in a parking lot and not smile! They just sound happy!

[@bnkwupt]

I’m road tripping through Texas right now. I’ve found these birds to be incredibly fascinating, so thanks for the video explaining their history.

[@Paleontologizing]

Hey there! We just watched this video live on Twitch, and I gotta say it's *phenomenal.* EXCELLENT work! Here's hoping that fickle KZbin algorithm picks up what you're putting down, because this video has a splendid combination of scientific information, everyday connections, and personality. I wish you the best!

[@Dezbood]

This might have been your only video, but it was a good one. Love these birds.

[@RawrXDevil]

I grew up in south Texas and this is so nostalgic the heat hitting my body sweating from playing running or working out with these birds in the background

[@supaF]

1. When I typed "grackle bird" into the YT search bar and found exactly what I wanted. Well informed, detailed history of one of my favorite birds. I wasn't surprised they came from Mexico, but I WAS surprised that they are tropical in origin. They're so abundant out here in Arizona (current high temp forecast of the week is 112F) I just assumed they came from the desert 2. I want a whole season of this, however I see that you are but a humble KZbinr. I saw your reply to a comment ten months ago about a video that was supposed to come out "Next Month", and rushed to the rest of your channel to find it- but alas...the only video thumbnail I see is that of a Grackle gazing through my soul. That's okay, I wish you luck in the pursuit of good content, and I'll be there next time you upload. Cheers, friend!

[@RaYBaSHKatan]

Thank you! I now live in Canada and just recently fell in love with the Grackle; its intense yellow eyes and iridescent plumage as well as its diverse vocalizations. I just found out that back in the middle ages the grackle was named the Jesus bird because at times they look skyward and puff their feathers and the people at the time said the bird was looking for Jesus and the second coming of Christ.

[@ooulalah4333]

Wow. People and their theories. What don't humans believe?

[@f3uibeghardt522]

@@ooulalah4333 Yeah, good thing we happen to have been born in the current year, where we obviously know all things, and we don't believe all those silly, archaic wives' tails and lies. Now, we just believe anything the government and media say no matter how obvious and overt the lie is. Man, can you believe we used to believe all those wacky things? We weren't the enlightened, logical, sober-minded, fact-based empiricists back then that we are today. Can you believe those crusty, superstitious fools back then didn't even have government-enforced sex changes for children? Preposterous! How did we even survive as a species without that?

[@birddayparties]

Their super sheen colors surprised me when I look at my bird cam footage! Thanks for sharing!

[@HDPersonal777]

Fell in love? They are an annoying rude nuisance! One dive bombed my head in Austin Texas and now they are in Utah too! Have fun thinking Graackles are great and pretending to eat Jesus’s flesh and drink his blood like the Bible writers tell people to do that they hate because that’s normal and wholesome too! Ha!

[@chironOwlglass]

I love them so much. They're so fearless.

[@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

Living in Dallas these guys are all over the place! I love them even though they can be a pain in the butt.

[@incharge7955]

talk birdy to me 🐦 I love these guys, as well as crows, ravens...& many others as well

[@lonnieclemens8028]

Thank you for sharing this video about the Grackle. I took a picture of a Grackle yesterday.

[@claireburr3718]

Thank you so much for this! We really appreciate your effort and the good knowledge you put here!

[@toaojackson7447]

Grackles and brewers are my favorite birds. So common and beautiful.

[@MK116Alex]

I remember as a kid living in the Rio grande their tails were very long. They would be so long they would droop. That was almost 50 years ago.

[@liquidmetalface]

what a lovely video, thank you for teaching me about these birds that I have always enjoyed so much

[@bunnywaffles1190]

Long before I knew what they were called, I knew exactly what they sounded like. Growing up in Houston those suckers are everywhere. Especially when we would go to the zoo as a kid, there are flocks that hang out there and just call/sing all the dang time.

[@Martika264]

Thank you! I just discovered this beautiful singing bird. I love it!

[@Miami.grackle]

In Miami we have lots of boat-tails. The aqua color is quite different than the great-tail. Ours have dark eyes, unlike ones further up the coast. At close range-easy to do-they have light blue eyelids, which they blink rapidly when they hold the head up when displaying. They come to tables to steal food. Saw a bird guide of Miami from the 1970s that said ‘they should pay real-estate taxes’…yes. But, so far, they aren’t in behavior quite like in Texas (or Costa Rica, as I found). Someday, they might be, as long as great-tails don’t show up here and beat them too it! Thanks for the video. Grackles are great

[@VialiSamuhagu]

Their little rayvens. Eat scraps in the parking lot, and have a weird high pitch call. Perfect bird

[@kevinchrisman119]

Thanks for the super informative video! Loved the incorporation of Mexican history as well. Looking forward to seeing more content.

[@paulgray7624]

Well done. Looking forward to learning about other Animals of Texas.

[@wildlifeofevan]

Thank you sir! Already planning the next one.

[@aarontremain6797]

Bro seriously good job. This is an awesome video and well edited. Please do more

[@sandraestrada3295]

@@wildlifeofevan Do more!!

[@wildlifeofevan]

@@sandraestrada3295 Come back this summer! More to come ;)

[@Draco_Alpha]

last time i visited Austin, there was a rather good sized flock of these hanging around my hotel... i grew up in Maryland where the common grackle tends to be, and i fell in love with the colors, but nothing prepared me for the great-tailed grackle we saw when we went to Texas. their behavior and vocalizations are fantastic to witness.

[@eb7713]

Love this! ♥️ Grackles are fun to listen to. They remind me of childhood visits to the Houston zoo. -- We heard one once that imitated a typical car alarm. Lol!

[@el_spaghetto]

I keep a container full of bird treats and freeze-dried mealworms to share with the grackles whenever work is slow. If you can mimic the little *clack* sound they make, most of them will seem to engage you in conversation in that way.

[@queenbeez]

Lots of them at Boca Chica, tx aka Starbase. Love watching them on livestreaming cams at SpaceX

[@caustic1611]

I had never heard of the grackle until today. This video is super informative and very well done!

[@MAGAMAN]

Move to Texas and you will see them EVERYWHERE.

[@HDPersonal777]

@@MAGAMANthey are everywhere now not just Texas! They are in Utah and Idaho now too! Like the Asian stink bugs brought to the US in 2012 I think this was done on purpose for our demise!

[@gsftom]

If u see a black bird in a whataburger, Wendys or grocery store parking lot, it is a grackle 🙂. Before I knew their real name, I called them french fry birds.

[@bobowrathsovine.]

I was in Austin 2003-05 and only ever saw these birds there. That sound they make oi oi is what stands out to me about them

[@quantumblauthor7300]

"squa-GEEK!" _gickles, probably_

[@jpalberthoward9]

Back when Billy Gibbons commissioned the Cadzilla car, did he tell Boyd Coddington "Paint it so it looks like a Grackle in the winter?" Grackles' colors during the cold months are nothing short of spectacular. They have the same "flip flop" effect as the paint on the '48 Caddy ZZ TOP car.

[@birddayparties]

Awesome video! Grackes recently visited my bird cam and they have so much character!👍👍

[@wildlifeofevan]

You have a bird cam? That’s awesome!

[@coinwater8511]

I love great tail grackles

[@asontehunsthanshhl]

Best grackle content on youtube

[@lkevinc42036]

Loved the detail in this video! Please make more!

[@gastonmannlicher8077]

This what I love to find on KZbin. Great job from a San Antonian.

[@thea.m.p.co.467]

How do you only have 311 subscribers? Your content is great!

[@chironOwlglass]

City grackles absolutely get a large portion of their food from insects on automobiles. I have severe allergies and have to live in my car. I watch my graks in the park all day 😂

[@chironOwlglass]

The males seem to tear off tail feathers of rivals. Generally the bigger a male grak is, the more numerous his tail feathers are. Males that have just reached adulthood often have all of their tail feathers removed, with medium sized males having 1-3 tail feathers and the largest males having the truly enormous tails people usually think of

[@mcschneiveoutdoors3681]

Late to the game...but this is a great video. Awesome job!

[@CharismaticPlanet3822]

Nature is so beautiful. It has many things to offer. You made a wonderful video. Awesome and Great content Friend.

[@Cillana]

Great video! I hope you come back with another video someday.

[@WHAC420]

great information and editing here. fun vid!!!

[@user-pe9gz8si8k]

These are very pretty birds.

[@LuxwingGo]

Loved this video now I'm bummed because this is the only video on the channel 😭

[@GustafUNL]

I love Grackles

[@lou-cidmire3065]

Nice! Love learning stuff about the locals. 😄

[@iamblackthorne]

My favorite bird! Thank you!

[@McbrideStudios]

Wonderfully informative.

[@NeonDruid13]

you're funny. instant sub. i never knew the history of this magnificent bird.

[@sponge_drip5745]

They sound beautiful

[@Kenny-ud3vc]

Awesome video! The humble Grackle deserves more respect.

[@gabrielj9776]

I love these birds! ❤🤗

[@bitbandit1678]

I love grackles!

[@Jst12341]

This is a great channel. Very interesting video.

[@johnmcevoy3598]

Great singers, snappy dressers. Very entertaining.

[@MrDavidknigge]

It is sad that you never made another like this. 😢

[@wildlifeofevan]

Almost finished with my script for the next video! It will come out in early June!

[@MrDavidknigge]

@@wildlifeofevan You are wonderfully talented. I look forward to it.

[@aaaaZa100]

Starts a KZbin channel Uploads one video about birds Refuses to elaborate Leaves

[@wildlifeofevan]

I’m gonna be putting out another one this summer!

[@aaaaZa100]

@@wildlifeofevan sick I’m from dfw and I dig the wildlife

[@wildlifeofevan]

@@aaaaZa100 Dope, is that infamous iron man I see on your profile?

[@aaaaZa100]

@@wildlifeofevan very same lol

[@John_Smith_Dumfugg]

Great video, hope you make more!

[@samwatson8079]

Evan! Get your paws off the brim of that hat!! Put it on by the crown! :) Great video

[@harukatakahashi8822]

I love this video, the males sound like a radio, alot of them love or like McDonalds French fries & our doggies I guess. They're growing by numbers, it's safer for them to lived in the cities, and in packs in nights, I think they're some in alaska? I still have a color printed picture of the Male great tailed grackle since high school, and I'm 29, turning 30 this March 19 :3 hehe

[@ryanmilton2643]

They are everywhere

[@illumify99]

I heard a grackle making the funniest noise one time

[@jocelynflinchum2707]

I LOVE grackles!! I have one rn. A 3 month old female. Shes not smart lol n an asshole. I love it video!!

[@josedominguez113]

Zanates o Cacalotes , hay otros muy parecidos la única diferencia visible es su pico parecido a la de un perico y les llamamos chicurras .

[@xavierolvera7243]

Love this bird

[@WHAC420]

my fave birds

[@itachi112059]

This is all very interesting however I have one question... Does Becky like blue?

[@simmonsgamingandadventures2110]

Dis is good I want more

[@wildlifeofevan]

Thanks! I'm currently doing the research for my next video, which will come out next month. In the mean time, check out my twitter page, where I'll be posting more frequent wildlife footage that I shot. twitter.com/DubbleOhEvan

[@SatyrosJayIronHorse]

Super!

[@MrEmivideo]

Those are super common in Belize where I am from. I was in Houston last year and was surprised to see them there and just as annoying. Just that the ones here in Belize look much healthier. The ones there seems like they were having a much harder life.

[@puppiesarepower3682]

I love these guys. Smart motherf*ck*rs.

[@kinzieconrad105]

But what do they taste like?

[@wildlifeofevan]

I definitely explore that in the sequel

[@ooulalah4333]

Gotta love missionaries!

[@breanntheartist1989]

Grackles always look pissed off!😅

[@wildlifeofevan]

That’s because they ARE

[@DOGFACESOLDIER0708]

We got them in California as well

[@hope2029]

Evan I have a grackle question--- do you have answers?

[@wildlifeofevan]

What's your question, caller?

[@hope2029]

What is a safe way to keep them from yapping everytime I come out doors? I have lots of trees they may have babies.

[@ObsoletePencil]

Life, uh, uh, finds a way...

[@kingrobs89]

The migration they do in San Antonio Texas, end of the year they go south in packs of hundreds, why are they always in walmart parking lots lol

[@gregorysagegreene]

The buuuuurd is the word.

[@maxxlindley9425]

i love how the young males practice their courtship dance on each other if they can't find a female

[@radiophodity]

4:59

[@feelzyfeelz]

SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CALLED

[@wildlifeofevan]

I thought they were crows when I was a kid haha

[@VivaLaVerde512]

💚🖤🇳🇫

[@Wardirt]

Good thing your only video was great.

[@wildlifeofevan]

I made a second one, and it’s even better in my opinion!

[@davidjuarez1834]

I thought it was a Mexican Grackle

[@wildlifeofevan]

Quiscalus mexicanus

[@Ygdkli]

This isn't a Texas bird. That is like calling a Common Grackle a Minnesota bird.

[@wildlifeofevan]

Well if I lived in Minnesota, I would’ve made a video called “Animals of Minnesota: The Common Grackle”. tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_br_w7000_1673a.pdf

[@HDPersonal777]

Million years my ass! More like the whole Tartarian old world was destroyed in the 1800’s!

[@wildlifeofevan]

Da fuq dog?

[@HDPersonal777]

@@wildlifeofevan You have proven my point. It’s Idiocracy now.

[@sabrecatsmiladon7380]

SOMEONE......needs to find a way to cook these and make'em taste good!!! That will solve the issue in 5 years or so

[@wildlifeofevan]

Who said they were an issue? Lol

[@josephjohnson1294]

I GAVE YOU the FIRST, "DISLIKE", THUMBS DOWN. Because I Hate This Bird. But, Good Video. very informative. But I Hate That Bird..

[@jamespontius5711]

I'm sure they hate you too.

[@rustyshackleford528]

Less of your face.

[@wildlifeofevan]

No