A Great-tailed Grackle that could pass for the Auburn bird
http://www.birdsofoklahoma.net/Gtailgrack003.htm

Likely Brewer's x G-T Grackle from California
http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jmorlan/july99.htm

Peter Moulton wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> Help me here: why isn't this a Great-tailed Grackle?
> What alternatives have been proposed that are more
> likely? Sure, the tail's a bit short, but the central
> rectrices are obviously still growing. It looks just
> like any of the dozens of female Great-tails I see
> every day.
>
> Pete Moulton
> Phoenix AZ
>

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