Anyone know this bird?

[GrantWoj]

Hey everyone, I've been trying to find out what bird this is but haven't had any luck. I took this shot in southern Florida but can't seem to find anything about it.

 

[480sparky]

When did you take it? What size is it? Where was it perched (ground, tree etc)?

 

[Hardus Nameous]

Mabye some type of grackle?

 

[GrantWoj]

I took it in July, I dont remember the size very well, but if memory serves it was about 8 inches tall, it was perched on a cut tree, so maybe 4 or 5 feet off the ground near a body of water.

This was also near the everglades if that helps at all

 

[GrantWoj]

Figured it out, found another topic where someone was asking the same thing about a different species and jeffashman posted about an App called Seek that I scanned my photo with. It was a boat-tailed grackle, spot on Hardus.

 

[480sparky]

Yep. Using Merlin, that's what I come up with..... female.

 

[K9Kirk]

Looks like a female boat-tailed grackle to me.

Boat-tailed Grackle Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

When you smell saltwater on the East Coast, it’s time to look out for Boat-tailed Grackles. The glossy blue-black males are hard to miss as they haul their ridiculously long tails around or display from marsh grasses or telephone wires. The rich, dark-brown females are half the size of males and...

www.allaboutbirds.org

 

[jeffashman]

Consensus is, female Boat-tail Grackle. We have a lot of them around here.

 

[GrantWoj]

Thanks everyone, the more you know!