Red-winged Blackbirds: "Same but Different"

Why are we called Red-winged Blackbirds again?

(Red-winged Blackbird - photo by Neil Barker - April 20, 2024)

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For him: crisp colours of black, red, and gold displaying boldly.

For her: elegant colours of black, chestnut, and smoky grey.

Both endowed with the perfection of Nature for all to see.

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The photos of the male Red-winged Blackbird are from April 20, 2024 and the photos of the female Red-winged Blackbird are from a week earlier on April 14, 2024.

I was surprised to see this female Red-winged Blackbird. She was the first female Red-winged Blackbird I had seen this Spring. I was not expecting them this early. There should be more of female Red-winged Blackbirds arriving in the coming weeks.

Carl Ingwell

posted recently about an excellent resource for us birders here in North America: BirdCast. It is such a great resource for tracking the migratory traffic volume of birds. Here is a a screenshot from April 23, 2024:

I am in Ottawa Ontario Canada, 90 minutes north of Ogdensburg New York which is near the US-Canadian border. From that screenshot, I follow the activity on that top right section with the blue shading in upstate New York. For those of you elsewhere in the United States and Canada - which areas do you follow?

Hat-tip to

Carl Ingwell

at

Life is for the Birds

and his recent post:

Arrivals

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