After you take a look at this first photo you will be wondering what in the world is Steve photographing now. If you have never seen a large flock of Red-winged Blackbirds this time of year than you are missing out. This is one time I wished I had a wide angle lens on my [...]
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I took this photo of this Robin removing waste from her young (fecal sac) back in 2008. I am not sure why I didn’t post it before now but here you go in case you have never seen this done before. If you want to see an even closer few of a Red-winged Blackbird doing [...]
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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 (fecal sac). 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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