Female Red-Winged Blackbird
by Norman Johnson
Title
Female Red-Winged Blackbird
Artist
Norman Johnson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This adult female red-winged blackbird was in a Manatee County, Florida marsh beside Bishops Harbor Road in Rubonia on a warm summer July day in 2016. The red-winged blackbird is repuditly the most abundant bird on the North American continent, sometimes roosting in flocks of over 2.3 million birds. Their range extends from Alaska and northern Canada south to Costa Rica in Central America. The birds in Alaska, Canada and the northern United States migrate south during the colder months but most of the others stay in the same areas year-round.
They range in length from 6.7" to 9.1" with a wingspan between 12.2" and 15.7." They eat mainly seeds and insects but will eat small animals like lizards and frogs. Their bill is conical and sharply pointed.
The males are a glossy black with red and yellow patches on their shoulders. The females are a streaky brown and often have a white eyebrow. Females sometimes resemble sparrows but a noticeably larger.
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August 23rd, 2016
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