A female Red-winged Blackbird feeding in the snow.
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I went back the following day to check on these birds and it was amazing how much they had grown. I would like to thank everyone who was kind enough to comment the past few days on the series that I’ve posted on this family of Red-winged Blackbirds. I did not photograph the male, however [...]
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The first two photos show the mother Red-winged Blackbird removing waste from the butt of her young. The third photo shows her giving her young some shade with her body and wings.
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A clutch consists of three or four, rarely five, eggs. Eggs are oval, smooth and slightly glossy. They are pale bluish green, marked with brown, purple, and/or black, with most markings around the larger end of the egg. These are incubated by the female alone, and hatch in 11 to 12 days. Red-winged Blackbirds are [...]
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I would not have believed this if I had not seen it with my own eyes and I am glad I was able to photograph it.
The Female Re-winged Blackbird and the Scissortail Flycatcher are both feeding the same young. While the Blackbird was on the nest the Scissortail stood guard nearby, but they both [...]
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The Red-winged Blackbird generally prefers wetlands, and inhabits both freshwater and saltwater marshes. It is also found in dry upland areas, where it such inhabits meadows, prairies, and old fields.
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