Red Wing Black Bird
by Mary Lynn Giacomini
Title
Red Wing Black Bird
Artist
Mary Lynn Giacomini
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Photography by Mary Lynn Giacomini
Photographed in Illinois
A capture of the Male Red Winged blackbird in Illinois enjoying Spring in the Maple tree.
A stocky, broad-shouldered blackbird with a slender, conical bill and a medium-length tail. Red-winged Blackbirds often show a hump-backed silhouette while perched; males often sit with tail slightly flared.
Male Red-winged Blackbirds are hard to mistake. They're an even glossy black with red-and-yellow shoulder badges. Females are crisply streaked and dark brownish overall, paler on the breast and often show a whitish eyebrow.
Male Red-winged Blackbirds do everything they can to get noticed, sitting on high perches and belting out their conk-la-ree! song all day long. Females stay lower, skulking through vegetation for food and quietly weaving together their remarkable nests. In winter Red-winged Blackbirds
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June 14th, 2023
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Ben Stone 28 Days Ago
Hi Mary, Wow this bird is well fed I have never seen one this size before, amazing! L/F
Skip Willits
Amazing image, reminds me of a grumpy old man. Great expression tho with a twinkle in his eye.
Sharon W
OMG! We recently have these guys here, they are beautiful but make the most ear piercing sound!! Awesome capture!!
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