Common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula). 

An adaptable blackbird with an explosive and sometimes grating song. 

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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode: 

Common grackle song by Robert C. Stein and William W. H. Gunn (ML509997) 

Common grackle calls by Robert C. Stein and Eugene Morton (ML510009) 

Common grackle flock calls by Wil Hershberger (ML510013) 

Sources and more: 

• https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Grackle
• https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/common-grackle
• Peterson RT, Peterson VM. 1980. A field guide to the birds : a completely new guide to all the birds of eastern and central North America. Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company (The Peterson field guide series ; 1).
• Sibley D. 2016. Sibley birds East : field guide to birds of eastern North America. Second edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf (Field guide to birds of eastern North America).