BREEDING HABITAT: Nearly all of these grackles nest around human habitations. This may range from city parks and streets to farms. Great Tails avoid heavily wooded areas for nesting or foraging. They also avoid areas that don't have large trees. Grackle colonies usually form in clumps of trees next to or near pastures or lawns.
After mating the female lays between three and four eggs. Normally the birds have one brood per year but sometimes according to the weather occasionally they will have two broods. For about two weeks the bird sits on the nest and then the young birds hatch. About three weeks later the birds begin to fly from the nest.
Some colonies of grackles peak in the middle of April while other colonies had its peak in early May.
The diet of the Great Tailed Grackle consists of plants, insects, small reptiles or amphibians marine creatures and some eggs.
STATUS: All is well with the Great Tailed Grackle. Populations continue to grow and the species continues to expand its range. Indeed, this has become a pest species in many parts of Texas.
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