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Pictures of Redwinged Blackbirds
Everything : Birds : Redwinged Blackbirds

Redwinged Blackbird Pictures, taken at Horn Pond in Woburn, MA.

Ah yes, another bird where the female and male colorations vary substantially! The male red-winged blackbird is pretty well described by name alone. This blackbird is between 7.5-9.5 inches tall (slightly bigger than a Robin). It has red patches with a yellow tip on it's shoulders. Sometimes these patches are hidden by body feathers depending on the stance of the bird. The female however is a brown bird with lots of streaking on it's body. It's tummy is a dirty white color with brown streaking. Sometimes the females have a small red tinge on their wings and chin. Male birds look similarly to females until their second year, when their feathers turn standard male black.

The red-winged blackbird is found commonly throughout North America. They are commonly found in marshes and weedy areas, farmlands and open fields. They are known to be aggressive birds in defending their nests and surroundings.They also nest in these areas, either in the dense grass on the ground or in bushes or trees. Red winged blackbirds have 2-3 broods a season. Babies stay in the nest for up to 2 weeks. Sadly because these birds often nest in dense grasses, their nests are lost due to humans mowing areas down.

These birds are also quite chatty. They often travel and live in flocks or colonies. They eat seed, berries, insects, snails and spiders.

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bob cats this is teribble realy (11/11/2009, 12:45 PM)

WaT'zZ Upp Peep'zZ. Halla Bakk Pce owt. (6/8/2009, 4:10 PM)

im looking for pic for femail redwing blackbrid (5/31/2009, 5:28 PM)

Whoops, I meant GRACKLE. I just learned that the Grackle is a blackbird also. This area is about 1/2 mi from Colorado River, Ariz side about 7 mi from Needles, Ca. (3/19/2009, 9:25 PM)

THIS IS SO ameatureous!!!!!!!! (3/19/2009, 2:43 PM)

I love redwinged blackbirds (9/2/2008, 4:59 PM)

redwingedblackbird is my favrite bird (6/17/2008, 5:00 PM)

YOU ARE CORRECT. I SEE THEM OFTEN IN MY AREA. MOSTLY BY THE SWAMPS. WITH CAT TAILS. (6/8/2008, 11:42 AM)

It is a red wing black bird, I have taken lots of photos of them, along a trail that I frequent. They are really fast and hard to get a good picture of, you did great. You must be using a fairly long lens to get such great detail. Cool (5/12/2008, 10:17 AM)

WHAT UP PEEPS!! (4/13/2008, 2:19 PM)

WORD UP! YO!! (4/13/2008, 2:18 PM)

i saw a bird that has red all over its wings and a black body and it wasnt these UGLY birds up there hahahahaha :D (4/13/2008, 2:11 PM)

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where does the animal startits migration in the winter (2/14/2008, 2:20 PM)

keep up the good work. Maybe bigger pictures? (9/5/2007, 10:25 PM)

Do you have your redwings? (6/21/2007, 4:44 PM)

all of these are so lame by max u all stink exspellaiy the guy on top with his i think it is a redwinged blackbird thing weirdo u lame piece out i think that is how u spell it durrrrr!!!!!! (2/1/2007, 7:11 PM)

the blackbird with a "blue ring" around its neck is a grackle, the red one with a black mask, is a cardinal and, yes all of the photos above are male red-wing blackees. Any other questions about birds...write to Kevin Vadi @ {sandiaha@webtv.net} (11/17/2006, 5:28 PM)

These birds are so pretty (10/25/2006, 4:40 PM)

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nice picz lovin doZ birdez tei r so glazy............... .... (9/19/2006, 10:44 PM)

hand-feeding red-wings...is that legal? (7/12/2006, 4:10 PM)

These Birds are the Greatest!!! Nancy E. M. (5/22/2006, 9:12 PM)