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Behavior Male Red-winged Blackbirds do everything they can to get noticed, sitting on high perches and belting out their conk-la-ree! song all day long. Females stay lower, skulking through vegetation for food and quietly weaving together their remarkable nests. In winter Red-winged Blackbirds gather in huge flocks to eat grains with other blackbird species and starlings. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/red-w...
Look for Red-winged Blackbirds in fresh and saltwater marshes, along watercourses, water hazards on golf courses, and wet roadsides, as well as drier meadows and old fields. In winter, you can find them at crop fields, feedlots, and pastures.
Mt Diablo had lots of red winged black birds all over it. They were having a singing session. It was a very pleasant sound. Pictures are taken on different parts of Mt Diablo including the foothills.
Spotted on Jan 26, 2012
Submitted on Jan 26, 2012
13 Comments
Thanks MAry. i highly recommend that you find a place on th emountain top and listen to these birds singing!
Wow you weren't kidding the males do seem to be in abundance. We see the males along the coast, but they tend to be a bit more skittish than the females. Wonderful spotting
Beautifull place Emma
Those are the foothills.,Antonio
uauu!the 4#pic it look like a Monet
I hope to experience it someday! :)
Words can not explain the tune!! That is the reason i showed flocks sitting on different trees and singing away. imagine the cumulative effect!!
Sorry Cindy rephrased it!!
The previous comment used your instead of not!! Typo!
That would be amazing. I've only heard a single one and that was quite enjoyable. :)
Thnx Cindy.Like I side,you must listen to a flock of them singing!!
Great first pic! These guys keep eluding me. Whenever I do get a shot, the sun is behind them and they just look black :) I'll keep at it.
Added few more pictures.
I highly recommend listening to a flock of Black birds singing.
Male Red-winged Blackbirds do everything they can to get noticed, sitting on high perches and belting out their conk-la-ree! song all day long. Females stay lower, skulking through vegetation for food and quietly weaving together their remarkable nests.
cormoros75,yes these are black birds, I am not done with the write up yet.Thnx
Red wing black birds maybe?