While watching the Forster Tern diving at the Bear River headquarters I heard a very unusual sound coming from a nearby post and looked around to see this Great-Tailed Grackle, a bird I’ve never even heard of before.
Clearly preoccupied with the circling tern, it ignored me as I snapped shots.
When it finally noticed me, it took off, clearly showing why it is named Great-Tailed.
That last picture looks more like an artist’s rendition than a photograph. 🙂