[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This female Brown-headed Cowbird was photographed at Seney NWR in Michigan's "Upper Peninsula". Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1983)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird was photographed at Ingram, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: August 1999)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This male Brown-headed Cowbird was photographed during spring migration at Laguna Atascosa NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: March 2002)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This male Brown-headed Cowbird was photographed at Seney NWR in Michigan's "Upper Peninsula". Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1990)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This Brown-headed Cowbird was photographed at South Llano River State Park, Junction, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: June 28, 2006)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This female Brown-headed Cowbird was photographed at the visitor center, Laguna Atascosa NWR, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: May 7, 2009)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This male Brown-headed Cowbird taking a bath was photographed at the visitor center, Laguna Atascosa NWR, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: May 8, 2009)

[Length 14.5 (Female) to 16.5 (Male) in. Wingspan 17.5 (F) to 23 (M) in.]

Boat-tailed Grackles breed along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Long Island, New York to the central coast of Texas. The "Atlantic" birds have yellow eyes, while the "Gulf Coast" birds have brown eyes (a useful mark in separating them from the similar Great-tailed Grackle which occurs from Mississippi to California and inland from Ohio to northern California). The two species overlap along the Gulf coasts of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Central Texas. This male "Atlantic" Boat-tailed Grackle was photographed near a tourist stop along the Tamiami Trail in Florida. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1979)