Bird Watching: DAILY PICS VOL. 28, 0 by lilyfantn

lilyfantn wrote:
Ok Pell... you can relax now lol! Here is the new thread for the daily pictures.

I've had a lot of red winged blackbirds at the feeder lately. They must be stopping on their way somewhere else because I only see them in spring and fall. Here is a picture of aan adult male (back left) adult female (front left) and a first winter male (front right) with a female cowbird thrown in for a bonus! I didn't realize that first winter males have coloring similar to the females until I saw the deep orange shoulder patches and was thrown for a loop. Then I dug my guides and and discovered that young males have this coloration. I'll be back with more pictures a little bit later but wanted to get this thread going for now. Can't wait to see yours too!