We’ll try to answer a few here. It is not. Grackles are smaller than crows. They possess a keeled tail, and yellow eyes, and their iridescent feathers flash different colors including purples ...

Female Brewer’s typically show a dark eye, although a few show yellowish eyes. Common grackle has a long, graduated tail often held in a deeply keeled shape. Common grackles show more complex ...

Hundreds, maybe even thousands of black birds. Grackles. While this species can be seen as an annoyance, they're actually a fascinating species and may be one of the most special on Earth.