Common Grackle

Migrant and summer resident.

One of the most common nesting species in Ohio, grackles have thrived in their association with man. They are very adaptable in their choice of nest sites and the habitats they can utilize, avoiding only the interiors of large woodlands. They are common nesters around both rural and urban residences.

Grackles are one of the common and characteristic species observed along riparian corridors during the nesting season.

Along Big Darby Creek this was the fourth most common species found during a census of the breeding birds found along this stream. They were most frequently encountered in the narrower belts of forested riparian corridor.