Date: 4/28/24 4:57 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Great-tailed Grackles vs. Common Grackles at Red Slough WMA
I have been seeing e-bird reports from Red Slough over the past 3 years where people are reporting Great-tailed Grackles and sometimes in large numbers. I have worked at Red Slough for 24 years and am there most of the work week plus I do regular bird surveys there and I have only seen Great-tailed Grackles on 4 or 5 occasions usually involving 1 or 2 birds. Great-tailed Grackles are common nearby in Idabel and Broken Bow around McDonald's and the Choctaw Travel Plazas but they are very rare at Red Slough. On the other hand, Common Grackles are abundant breeders at Red Slough and during the breeding season their tails are longer than the rest of the year. Please be careful making this identification and if you really think you have a Great-tailed Grackle please take a photo.
