Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of great-tailed grackles gather at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to roost, Feb. 13, 2026. The city-dwelling ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Have the skies over Central Texas seemed a little empty lately? Despite a very busy migration season, birds seem to be lacking in our area. “One of the big things we’re seeing with ...

This Halloween, you do not need a big budget horror film to get your fear fix in North Texas. The sound of thousands of birds massed together in a grocery store parking lot — perched on cars, hopping ...

The Common Grackle – A medium-sized blackbird whose plumage is black, and has a sheen that is glossy and iridescent. Common Grackles range over almost all of eastern North America east of the Rockies, ...

Sara Diggins is a visual journalist at the Austin American-Statesman, focused on local news and issues impacting Central Texas. She is particularly interested in stories about the environment, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Although common and great-tailed grackles are native throughout most of the United States, they're a bird species many people don't want to ...

When Steve Oleson left his longtime job as a photographer in the Texas attorney general’s office, he did what any new retiree would do: He used his new freedom to pursue a passion. For Oleson, that ...

Like something out of a Hitchcock horror movie, they look and sound intimidating as they hunker down in seemingly infinite flocks. Perched on trees and utility lines, they cackle and wheeze and ...

Austin's iconic great-tailed grackles have made a winter home in the trees adjacent to the airport passenger drop-off and pick-up lanes, greeting evening arrivals and departures with a roosting ...