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Red-winged Blackbird
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Female Red-winged Blackbird / Agelaius phoeniceus
Red-winged Blackbird female
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Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bobolink male
Time to feed the kids
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Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
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Yellow Oriole, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Yellow Oriole, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
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Yellow Oriole / Icterus nigrogularis, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Red-breasted Meadowlark / Sturnella militaris, Tri…
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus, on a windy…
Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus, singing
Western Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird in gently falling snow
Western Meadowlark
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A beakful of bugs
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Rusty Blackbird - status "Vulnerable"
Now THAT'S colour
Quite a mouthful
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Elegance of the Common Grackle
Time to feed the kids ... again
Young Red-winged Blackbird
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The "rusty farm gate" bird
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That is how the sound of a Yellow-headed Blackbird is often described. I know I'll never forget the very first time I saw and heard one of these quite spectacular birds a number of years ago. Photographed this male the day before yesterday (22 May 2014) at a wetland in SW Calgary, where I called in on my way to driving a few of the backroads SW of Calgary. Not the best photo but, at the rate I'm going, it might be one of the only shots I get of this species this spring. I posted a photo of a female Yellow-headed Blackbird in a comment box below.
"The breeding habitat of the Yellow-headed Blackbird is cattail (Typha spp.) marshes in North America, mainly west of the Great Lakes. The nest is built with and attached to marsh vegetation. They nest in colonies, often sharing their habitat closely with the Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). During the breeding and nesting season the males are very territorial and spend much of their time perched on reed stalks and displaying or chasing off intruders." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-headed_blackbird
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/yellow-headed_blackbird/id
For the sound:
youtu.be/6-Pk-VMtZM0
"The breeding habitat of the Yellow-headed Blackbird is cattail (Typha spp.) marshes in North America, mainly west of the Great Lakes. The nest is built with and attached to marsh vegetation. They nest in colonies, often sharing their habitat closely with the Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). During the breeding and nesting season the males are very territorial and spend much of their time perched on reed stalks and displaying or chasing off intruders." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-headed_blackbird
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/yellow-headed_blackbird/id
For the sound:
youtu.be/6-Pk-VMtZM0
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