Red-Winged Black Bird in flight

by Holden The Moment

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Red-Winged Black Bird in flight

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Holden The Moment

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Photograph - Digital Photography

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This Red-Winged Black Bird was photographed in Marietta, Ohio.

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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March 14th, 2015

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