In much of North and Central America, Red-winged blackbirds are one of our most familiar and recognizable birds, because of their striking plumage.
Red-winged blackbirds eat insects, including beetles, caterpillars, grasshoppers, and spiders. Right now all the birds are feasting on the cicadas that emerged this week. The majority on their diet is seeds but they also eat some berries and small fruits.They occasionally stop by my feeders, this one was enjoying a bite of grape jelly.
Red-winged blackbirds often spend breeding season in marshes and wetlands and I see many of them down along the creek in my yard. Even from a distance their red wing patches show.
At the right time of year — breeding and nesting season — these birds will chase away anything that dares to get too close, and that includes humans. This one is aggressively displaying warning signs. My grandson still has a scar on top of his head from when one dive bombed him when he went too close to where a nest was located.
The red shoulder patches of the male are hidden under body feathers much of the time.
Females are not at all dramatic and resemble house sparrows, but they do have the same pointy beak.
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Ahaha, they seem to have shoulder pads! 😁 Cool species, didn't knew them. !LUV
They are very common here along the river. I always look forward to seeing them return in the spring
So nice; I have a ton of blackbirds here, but only the plain version. :)
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Most welcome dear.
You don't want to mess with those nests! Your poor grandson! They have striking markings though, we don't have those in California.
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Poor little kid, he was only running down a path in a public garden. We had no idea there was a nest there. After, garden employees put up a sign warning people to avoid that path.
It's good that they posted it, it's just too bad he had to be the one who got attacked.
Their beaks are vicious! Many years later and he still hates those birds.
Beautiful bird. Is this garden or forest???
In my back 'garden' which is on the edge of the forest!
Do you have a cave in this forest??
A cave?
Yes, a cave filled wit gold
And a genie lamp.
This means that it is very easy to differentiate between males and females by looking at the more prominent red color pattern on female birds, which is very useful.
beautiful bird, I really enjoyed it, Thank you for sharing.❤
The males and females are distinctively different. I don't have a good picture of a female.
It's not that colorful like a lot of other birds, but that black and red combination looks great... Great photos!
They have a feast these days! 😂
They continue to feast on cicadas but if the noise level is any indication there are still plenty left in the trees!
Nice shots. Especially the male agressively displaying its red shoulder patches. I hope no one was harmed in the shoting of these photos 😊
My daughter in law took that photo and did not even realize she was in danger until she showed us the photo she took in the park!
You know I've seen this bird a few times. I remember staring to try to spot it. They're pretty bright
They are lovely, aren't they?
Yeah they are. I just remember staring if on the distance trying to locate the bright red patch, and my buddy thinking I was seeing things lol
What a beautiful bird, stylish. And these bright spots give a twist.
I am always glad when they return in the spring!
The red wrinkled birds are not common here and I haven’t even seen them before
They look good though
I’m glad to learn about another kind of bird today
These birds are in North and Central America.
Beautiful post!
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Thank you!
Wow this bird is so attractive because of its unique red color in their wings. We don't have it here as our birds here as mostly brown colored.
This one is pretty dramatic, but you are in the Philippines, right? You have many beautiful colorful birds that I would love to see.
Yes we are in the Philippines but here in our place I usually see one kind of bird.
You need to have the kind of habitat and food sources that attract them.
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What a beautiful bird, I like the colors of its feathers, I know there are blackbirds in my city, but until now I have never seen one before.
what beautiful photographs
I hope you get to see one!
The grape jelly must be very tasty for it😊
They do enjoy some fruit occasionally!
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