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grackle a 10 inch long bird like a starling with iridescent black plumage, and a keel-like crease in its tail. Called also common grackle, American blackbird, Quiscalus quiscala. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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: ``The Day of the Grackle,'' ``Pitch,'' ``Last Stop for Paul'' American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) and common grackles (Quiscalus quiscala) both transferred Se concentrations of 6-7 [micro]g/g to their eggs, but neither of these studies measured female Se concentrations or rigorously addressed the effects of transfer on reproduction and development (Bryan et al. lt;/p> <pre> Thinning after Philip Larkin My cold frame's chock-full of carrots, so I lift the lid, slowly, each pane Squinting through a half-moon of rain at early Monday, at ground ivy That needs pulling, at grackles & cardinals trading Roosts in maple & beech Quick as checkers, the morning betting on itself. |
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