How to Use grackle in a Sentence

grackle

noun
  • 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
  • Dead blackbirds and grackles on the farms, as well as barn cats, have tested positive.
    — Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • If the tormenters keep it up, grackles do eventually move.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The grackles are returning to residential pine groves to do the same thing.
    — Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • Later that same day, a large flock of common grackles stopped by and foraged in the backyard by flipping leaves and gum balls.
    — Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • But for most Texans, the great grackle will continue to be a bothersome bird.
    — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018
  • When the kestrels were flying nearby, robins, grackles, and starlings were much less likely to visit orchards and eat fruit.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • Early infections in Texas were linked to dead wild birds (pigeons, blackbirds, and grackles) found on dairy farms.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The red-wingeds and grackles have spent the winter foraging in huge flocks in open fields preferably in agricultural land.
    — Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • In birds, dunking has anecdotally been observed in more than 25 species in the wild, including grackles.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The grackles seek safety in numbers, and often choose to roost in suburban or urban areas with heavy foot traffic in order to ward of predators.
    — Sara Diggins, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The common grackle and many shimmering hummingbirds display iridescence like the way a prism splits light into a rainbow.
    — Karina Zaiets, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
  • His nature is outgoing and gregarious, more grackle than ivorybill.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2023
  • In hues from muddy browns to iridescent purples, grackles seek safety in numbers, for the most part, but perhaps warmth and socializing as well.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Safflower seeds also attract a wide variety of birds, with the advantage that squirrels, blue jays, starlings, and grackles do not like this seed.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • 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.
    — Kj Callihan, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Postmortem tests of grackles, blackbirds, and other birds found dead on dairy farms detected H5N1, but that didn't turn the tide.
    — Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, ABC News, 24 May 2024
  • Grackles gatherings then and now Where in Central Texas do grackles like to congregate in the winter?
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Unlike other squirrel-proof bird feeders, this one is ideal for small birds and won’t attract bigger, more intimidating birds like ravens, eagles, grackles, or black birds.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2025
  • According to the study, published in 2016 in PeerJ, the grackles were given puzzles containing food as a prize.
    — National Geographic, 15 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • What other experts say about grackles The smaller common grackles, as their name implies, are widespread through most of the eastern United States and Canada.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026

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