“One of the most abundant birds across North America, and one of the most boldly colored, the Red-winged Blackbird is a familiar sight atop cattails, along soggy roadsides, and on telephone wires. Glossy-black males have scarlet-and-yellow shoulder patches they can puff up or hide depending on how confident they feel. Females are a subdued, streaky brown, almost like a large, dark sparrow. In the North, their early arrival and tumbling song are happy indications of the return of spring.” (Click here to read more about this bird)
13 thoughts on “Day 84: Red-winged Blackbird”
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Oh this is such a beautiful photo Jackie. Every little marking can be seen; you have such a great talent. xxx
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Thanks so much, Christine! Your kind words mean a lot to me. xxx
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What do you offer them to have them pose for you, Jackie …?
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Nothing! It’s all about patience. 😉
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She has such lovely feather markings, I thinks she is just as pretty as the male, though he’s more boldly coloured! A Beautiful capture Jackie 🙂
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Thank you! I think she is pretty too. Its amazing how different the males and the females look. Both are beautiful in their own way. 🙂
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It is, as you say, you could very well mistake it for another breed entirely and I agree, they make a lovely looking pair! 😉
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Nature knows what she is doing! 😉
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You’re right there ! 😀
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Jackie thank you for teaching me something so often! We have red wing black birds out in the country here and in all these years I never knew what I was seeing was all the males and that the females were so different.
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You’re very welcome! I know exactly what you mean. When I first saw a female red-winged blackbird I thought it was a different bird. They really look very different from each other.
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So much more different than any other species I’m aware of!
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