Quiscalus quiscula

What I once thought was a Brewer's Blackbird is actually a Common Grackle. I made sure this morning that I had my camera with me when I was looking for birds in the early morning. Although the sun is up at 7AM, it is still shadowy in the southeast corner of my little back yard, so after I heard this bird (and three others) chatting with each other, I took this picture of one high up in a tree across the street. To my knowledge, this is the first time I have seen Grackles here (they were common in Texas when I went to school there).