I want to sing the praises of an intense kind of birding experience: having a patch. Your patch, in birding parlance, is a ...

Red-Winged Blackbird Records recently opened nominations for its 2025 Guitars for Girls initiative, a program devoted to empowering girls ages 8 to 17 across Frederick and the 13 states of Greater ...

Just the other day I stood in the parking lot staring up at a tree dotted with at least fifty Red-winged blackbirds - what a sound! The best way to describe the sound was a constant conk-la-reeeeeeeee ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. It feels worth starting this column by acknowledging this was a weird year ...

Recently, I have been getting questions about possible bird damage in early-heading rice fields. Blackbirds, primarily red-winged blackbirds, can damage rice from planting season, seedling stage, and ...

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A male red-winged blackbird. PAUL DANESE/Contributed. Red-winged blackbirds vexed me when I first started birding. Not the males. They’re easy. They have that sleek all-black plumage, accented by ...

There are many rare birds in North America, and it’s exciting for birders who catch glimpses of these elusive birds. Rare birds are often endangered, so conservation efforts are critical. However, we ...

The male red-winged blackbird defends his territory. Discover nature this week with Missouri's red-winged blackbirds. A stake-out requires being inconspicuous, but not so for red-winged blackbirds.

Seasonal songbirds and other wild birds are trickling into northern Minnesota once again. Now that it’s officially spring, expect many more to follow. Already, I’ve observed a handful of migrants — ...