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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), 7th August 2024
es: Zanate Común, fr: Quiscale Bronzé
IUCN: Near Threatened
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Naumkeag & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 1/400s, f/14, ISO 10000
#Birds #CommonGrackle #COGR #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

A pale brown grackle is just starting to get the adult blue-purple in its wings as it perches on a feeder pole.

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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), 24th March 2023
es: Zanate Común, fr: Quiscale Bronzé
IUCN: Near Threatened
Danehy Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Naumkeag & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 60% crop, 1/640s, ISO 3200
#Birds #CommonGrackle #COGR #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

Two multicolored birds stand on wintry branches; one with a purplish head puffs out chest, wings and tail as it squawks; the other, slim and with a greener head, looks on impassive. Both have gold-brown bodies.

Five major US higher-ed associations have written an open letter to Jay Bhattacharya, director of the #NIH, asking that he "direct the reinstatement of all grants that NIH has terminated under agency directives found by a federal court to be unlawful."
https://www.acenet.edu/Documents/Letter-NIH-Grants-072925.pdf

The letter is signed by the:
* Association of American Medical Colleges (#AAMC)
* Association of American Universities (#AAU)
* American Council on Education (#ACE)
* Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (#APLU)
* Council on Governmental Relations (#COGR)

#Academia #DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
@academicchatter

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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), 9th May 2024
es: Zanate Común, fr: Quiscale Bronzé
IUCN: Near Threatened
Canalfront Park, Lewes, Delaware
Lenapehoking (Lenni-Lenape) traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 560mm, 75% crop, 1/400s, f/11, ISO 640
#Birds #CommonGrackle #COGR #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

A blue-headed blackbird with a bronzed body and long broad tail gazes out to sea from a wooden mooring post.

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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), 5th June 2024
es: Zanate Común, fr: Quiscale Bronzé
IUCN: Near Threatened
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 892mm, 55% crop, 1/250s, f/13, ISO 3200
#Birds #CommonGrackle #COGR #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

A large blackbird grasps the edge of a low birdbath with one talon. Its body is graduated in subtle tones from blue-green to purple to brown.

#Aerzteblatt:
"
USA: Zuschüsse an Forschungseinrichtungen gekürzt
"
"Besonders unter Druck geraten seien die Klima- und Erdsystemforschung, die Geschlechterforschung und die Forschung zu Infektionskrankheiten, ..."

https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/157466/USA-Zuschuesse-an-Forschungseinrichtungen-gekuerzt

10.2.2025

#authoritarianism #COGR #ConstitutionalEmergency #Democracy #Demokratie #DOGE #Forschung #Gesundheitswesen #NIH #Staatskrise #USA #Wissenschaft #Wissenschaftsfreiheit

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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), 24th March 2023
es: Zanate Común, fr: Quiscale Bronzé
Danehy Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Naumkeag & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 35% crop, 1/640s, ISO 3200
#Birds #CommonGrackle #COGR #BirdPhotography #VoteBlueForBirds #DescribeYourImages

A blue-headed bird on a wintry branch stretches itself to be long and thin, from its long dark tail to its robust gray beak.

Two juvenile birds, just gaining their adult plumage, battle over a birdfeeder. Common Grackle and European Starling.
#Birds #COGR #EURS #CommonGrackle #EuropeanStarling #BirdBuddy
https://spectra.video/videos/watch/251122b4-c7f8-49e2-8e3e-3f06bbd0873d

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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), 16th June 2023
es: Zanate Común, fr: Quiscale Bronzé
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 1/640s, ISO 6400
#Birds #CommonGrackle #COGR #BirdPhotography #FeathersNotFascists #DescribeYourImages

Proving that they can and will use any birdfeeder, a blue-headed, brown adult grackle clings to the underside of a horizontal suet feeder, pulling large fragments into a long pointy beak.

In further bathroom drama, a juvenile #Grackle has very clear views about unwanted attention. https://spectra.video/w/gLs5HsU9Cy2YhXtd1JEiKh
#Birds #BirdBath #CommonGrackle #COGR

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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), 24th April 2023
es: Zanate Común, fr: Quiscale Bronzé
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Naumkeag & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 60% crop, 1/640s, ISO 2000
#Birds #CommonGrackle #COGR #BirdPhotography #DescribeYourImages

In one of the worst examples of animal stealth ever recorded, the yellow eye of a Grackle peers out from behind a tube feeder; its coppery rump and tail stick far out the other side.

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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), 24th March 2023
es: Zanate Común, fr: Quiscale Bronzé
Danehy Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Naumkeag & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 35% crop, 1/640s, ISO 2500
#Birds #CommonGrackle #COGR #BirdPhotography #DescribeYourImages

#COGR

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