One beautiful grackle??

Ok, so I know that most people don't care much for Common Grackles, but I do. They are just beautiful! And you really can't see all the colors in them unless you are very close to them, or in my case, in the hand. And truthfully, this picture does not do the colors justice.
Of an interesting note, we don't catch grackles here at Kiptopeke very often. In fact, the five we caught on the 5 Nov, were the first grackles I have seen banded here since my first year here in 2001. And in fact, there has only been one other grackle banded here since 1991! Although they are common migrants through the area, we don't catch them here, mainly because of the locations of our nets. So it was a real treat to catch five beautiful males Monday!