The male tri­colored blackbird has a thinner ... One of the most abundant birds in North America, the red-winged’s count was estimated at 190 million in the mid-1970s. Populations are stable.

These boldly colored migratory birds spend the colder months in the southern United States and begin returning to Michigan in ...

As winter loosens its grip, red-winged blackbirds, chickadees and migrating geese signal the arrival of spring, while ...

The blackbirds should be showing up any day now. I’m on the lookout. When the blackbirds are back in town it means spring is coming. Or at least the blackbirds seem to think so. I watch for them every ...

Signs of the coming of spring are appearing everywhere. So far, I’ve seen robins, red-winged blackbirds, killdeers, herring gulls, grackles, great-blue herons, geese, chipmunks, geese and others.

Red-winged blackbirds are one of the most widespread ... from brown-striped juvenile plumage to the black of the adult male. Visible clues include the very sharply pointed beak, pale eyebrow ...