Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Thursday April 2, 2020 B is for Blackbird!

2020 A to Z Challenge!
B is for the Red-winged Blackbird!


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. Their early and tumbling song are happy indications of the return of spring.
One of my all time favorite bird calls!


Have a great day!


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11 comments:

  1. I enjoy the song of the red winged blackbird. My grandparents lived by a creek and marsh and they were plentiful there.

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  2. Birds are amazing! I shall follow your blog. Thank you for visiting Sue's Trifles.

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  3. I've never seen a red winged blackbird. That little splash of colour contrasts beautifully with the glossy black feathers. Suddenly the Beatles are singing me a song!

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  4. What a cute bird! Our blackbirds over here in Europe don't have the fancy shoulder patches...
    Fun theme!

    The Multicolored Diary

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  5. I love the video. Thank you for sharing this is amazing. Love the information. <3

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  6. It's so nice to see so many different birds!
    All that i can see around my house are a bunch of pigeons that keep shitting everywhere, crows, and occasionally bulbuls
    Happy Blogging :)
    B is for Betrayal
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  7. We have both red wing and solid black here. The red wings are in the field areas, out of town. The town and neighborhood birds are the solid. I wonder why that is?

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  8. Beautiful birds, and a pretty song. Thank you, getting to listen made my evening.

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  9. None of our blackbirds have pretty wings like that!

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  10. The red-winged blackbirds' song is one of my favorites, too. It cheers me up every time I hear it. As a child I associated it with being out in the country, but now I have plenty of them in my suburban garden. (But there is a reservoir nearby, so that's probably why they're happy here.)
    Black and White (Words and Pictures)

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