Red Winged Blackbirds
by Holden The Moment
Title
Red Winged Blackbirds
Artist
Holden The Moment
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Photographed in Marietta, Ohio. Many red winged black birds were hanging out in a tree top until they became spooked and took off together.
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 13th, 2015
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