How to Use grackle in a Sentence

grackle

noun
Definition of gracklenext
  • The grackle is the foot-long blackbird with bright yellow eyes.
    — Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Daniel zeroed in on two of the birds — an adult grackle and fledgling blue jay.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2022
  • A man called about an injured common grackle in the yard.
    — Washington Post, 6 June 2017
  • But species that can mimic the calls of others, like the catbird and grackle, also scored above the mean.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The bird is common across Texas and is known as the great-tailed grackle, according to the Houston Audubon.
    — Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Jan. 2022
  • In the video, the young grackle takes a few wobbly steps along a sidewalk, pauses and then wobbles some more.
    — Washington Post, 26 May 2021
  • Native Carib grackles on the island also take dry pet food and dip it in rain puddles to soften and eat it.
    — Asher Elbein, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Tomatoes explode on the vine and purple eggplants drop like drowsy grackles from the tall, tall eggplant trees.
    — James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • But for most Texans, the great grackle will continue to be a bothersome bird.
    — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018
  • While these other birds fit naturally into the birdhouse scene, the grackle and crow seem awkward in the same space.
    — Claire Bugos, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2020
  • According to the study, published in 2016 in PeerJ, the grackles were given puzzles containing food as a prize.
    — National Geographic, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Austin: The luchador grackle statue outside City Hall appears to have burned to the ground in what fire officials suspect was an act of arson.
    — USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Another first state record, a great-tailed grackle, was discovered at Nelson’s Field in Plymouth on April 10.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
  • In birds, dunking has anecdotally been observed in more than 25 species in the wild, including grackles.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
  • In the other, a black grackle flies past a brightly colored arrangement of flowers, crossing paths with a cardinal and grosbeak.
    — Claire Bugos, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Some suet feeders have baffles built in to deter pests and predators, while others are designed upside-down to keep larger birds like grackles, blackbirds, and blue jays at bay.
    — Kristen (kj) Callihan, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Jim Monsma is the executive director of City Wildlife, where Dimsdale took the grackle.
    — Washington Post, 26 May 2021
  • Furthermore, your intrepid reporter made a rather impressive 32 on the Wonderlic despite a host of sportswriters providing play-by-play like a tree full of grackles.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 2 May 2020
  • The focus of the new report, all the songbirds identified so far represent a single subgroup – the Icteridae – that contains blackbirds, orioles, grackles, cowbirds, and others.
    — Brian Switek, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2011
  • His nature is outgoing and gregarious, more grackle than ivorybill.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2023
  • Our urbanized environments favor bird species that are flexible in their eating and foraging habits, and willing to do bold, innovative things, like blackbirds or grackles or sparrows.
    — National Geographic, 15 May 2016
  • Our urbanized environments favor bird species that are flexible in their eating and foraging habits, and willing to do bold, innovative things, like blackbirds or grackles or sparrows.
    — National Geographic, 15 May 2016
  • The birds most commonly affected include the American robin, blue jay, common grackle, yellowtail flicker, European starling, northern cardinal, house finch, house sparrow, Eastern bluebird, red-bellied woodpecker, and Carolina wren.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 8 July 2021
  • The songbirds most commonly affected include the American robin, blue jay, common grackle, yellowtail flicker, European starling, northern cardinal, house finch, house sparrow, Eastern bluebird, red-bellied woodpecker, and Carolina wren.
    — courant.com, 10 Aug. 2021

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