Red-winged Blackbird Images, Facts and Information
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- Red-winged Blackbirds are a familiar sight throughout most of North America and is considered to be one of the most abundant birds on this continent.
- Male Red-winged Blackbirds are especially colorful because of their scarlet and yellow shoulder patches that remind some people of epaulets. The streaky brown females are much duller in comparison and to the untrained eye might look like sparrows.
- Red-winged Blackbirds can be found near fresh and saltwater marshes, lakes, streams, rivers, as well as pastures, crop fields and feedlots. During the summer their diets consists mainly of insects and during the winter they consume seeds including wheat and corn which is why some people consider them pests.
- In some of their range Red-winged Blackbirds are migratory and in other areas they are year round residents.
- Each pair of Red-winged Blackbirds can have two to three broods per year. They lay between 3 to 5 eggs which hatch in 11 to 12 days, the female incubates.
- A group of blackbirds can be called a “cluster” or a “cloud” of blackbirds.
- Red-winged Blackbirds can live to be more than 15 years old.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Red-winged Blackbird photos.
Red-winged Blackbird murmuration
Title: Red-winged Blackbird murmuration
Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Date: 12/11/2024
Male Red-winged Blackbird singing in February
Title: Male Red-winged Blackbird singing in February
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/23/2024
Red-winged Blackbird male in a Saltcedar
Title: Red-winged Blackbird male in a Saltcedar
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/30/2023
Male Red-winged Blackbird perched in a Saltcedar
Title: Male Red-winged Blackbird perched in a Saltcedar
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/30/2023
Male Red-winged Blackbird crooner
Title: Male Red-winged Blackbird crooner
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/26/2023
Red-winged Blackbird on the edge of a pond
Title: Red-winged Blackbird on the edge of a pond
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/6/2023
Singing male Red-winged Blackbird on the bank of the Bear River
Title: Singing male Red-winged Blackbird on the bank of the Bear River
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/2/2023
Red-winged Blackbird foraging in grasses on the ground
Title: Red-winged Blackbird foraging in grasses on the ground
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/102/2023
Male Red-winged Blackbird displaying in January
Title: Male Red-winged Blackbird displaying in January
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/12/2023
Male Red-winged Blackbird up close
Title: Male Red-winged Blackbird up close
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/12/2023
Red-winged Blackbird in morning light
Title: Red-winged Blackbird in morning light
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/30/2022
Male Red-winged Blackbird perched in front of a ranch pond
Title: Male Red-winged Blackbird perched in front of a ranch pond
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/10/2022
Singing male Red-winged Blackbird perched on a sign
Title: Singing male Red-winged Blackbird perched on a sign
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/25/2022
Singing male Red-winged Blackbird on a refuge sign
Title: Singing male Red-winged Blackbird on a refuge sign
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/25/2022
Singing male Red-winged Blackbird at Bear River MBR
Title: Singing male Red-winged Blackbird at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/7/2022
Hatch year male Red-winged Blackbird in a Russian Olive
Title: Hatch year male Red-winged Blackbird in a Russian Olive
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/1/2021
Spring female Red-winged Blackbird
Title: Spring female Red-winged Blackbird
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2021
Female Red-winged Blackbird munching a midge
Title: Female Red-winged Blackbird munching a midge
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/5/2021
Spring male Red-winged Blackbird singing
Title: Spring male Red-winged Blackbird singing
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/31/2021
Male Red-winged Blackbird taking off
Title: Male Red-winged Blackbird taking off
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/4/2020