Great-tailed Grackle

My first bird blip in six weeks since our September trip to  Mallorca. A bird found from Texas to the west coast, the grackle was beside the parking lot of our hotel in Las Vegas, just before the shuttle took us to the nearby airport for our five-hour return flight to Boston. The end of a great trip, with four fascinating days in Death Valley (starting here).  We reached our hotel after midnight; I'm posting this late next day.