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Red Winged Black Bird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Description:

looks like it is a female black bird ,guessing from the heavy streaking on the breast.It was found in a urban parking lot along with male and female Brewers Blackbirds. it was feeding on seeds left by passerbys.

Habitat:

Foothills

Notes:

Finally saw a female. We have an abundance of males /I read an article recently which said that males and females migrate at different times.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Liam
Liam 12 years ago
Red-winged Blackbird (female)
Agelaius phoeniceus Red-winged Blackbird


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3 Comments

p.young713
p.young713 12 years ago

One of my family members saw large flocks of them in Oregon about a month ago. They were all over the town, it snowed a few days later. I have not seen any more either.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

No pyoung,i have spotted only one female in the entire season!
Still a shortage of females.

p.young713
p.young713 12 years ago

Looks like a female. They migrated to your region? Maybe you can get a video of them, if theirs large flocks?? Good photo.

HemaShah
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HemaShah

California, USA

Spotted on Feb 16, 2012
Submitted on Feb 16, 2012

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