Common Grackle

Jim DeLuco photographed a common grackle, great blue herons in their nest, and a red-winged blackbird at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Maynard.

Steve Forman photographed a common grackle, a red-winged blackbird, a tree swallow, and a pair of wood ducks at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.

Steve Forman photographed an American coot and a common grackle at Hager Pond in Marlborough.

Steve Forman photographed a common grackle, a pair of hooded mergansers, and a pair of wood ducks at MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Northborough.

Eric Crockwell photographed this common grackle in Southborough.

Cindy Winer photographed a common grackle and painted turtles at Hager Pond in Marlborough.

Nancy Wright photographed a common grackle, a great blue heron, a great egret, and a song sparrow at the Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough.

Steve Forman photographed a black-capped chickadee, a common grackle, a downy woodpecker, a northern cardinal, painted turtles, and a yellow-rumped warbler at Hager Pond in Marlborough.

Sharon Tentarelli photographed common grackles and a red-winged blackbird in Sudbury.

Steve Forman photographed an American crow, a common grackle, hooded mergansers, a red-winged blackbird, and a song sparrow at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.