Male Red-Winged Blackbird
by Bill and Linda Tiepelman
Title
Male Red-Winged Blackbird
Artist
Bill and Linda Tiepelman
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
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.
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May 25th, 2012
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