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MARCH 3, 2012

Wallace Stevens’ “ Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird ” is a marvel of modernist poetry. It is only 246 words long, divided into thirteen sections, each labeled with the corresponding Roman numeral, and a surface reading will show that it is about, not surprisingly, thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird.

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MAY 22, 2012

While at Flushing Meadows Corona Park near my house in Queens this evening putting my new lens through its paces,* I was entertained by the strafing runs that the Red-winged Blackbirds were taking at every Fish Crow that flew by.

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JUNE 17, 2013

For a birder, a sighting of a Tricolored Blackbird is a treat. Add in habitat loss, and the population of Tricolored Blackbirds has plunged enough to necessitate listing it as a Bird of Conservation Concern on the U.S. All photos by Keiller Kyle, courtesy of Audubon California.

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MARCH 14, 2012

I’ve been reading Bernd Heinrich’s Summer World lately and was struck by his description of the song of the Red-winged Blackbird as “oog-la-ee.” What follows is a rundown of a dozen different authors’ take on the song of the Red-winged Blackbird. ” This clearly required more research! .”

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JUNE 8, 2011

Yellow-headed Blackbirds ( Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus ) are robin-sized blackbirds found in prairie and mountain meadow wetlands of the western and central United States and Canada. You can hear the Yellow-headed Blackbird call by clicking on the sound link courtesy of Xeno-Canto.org.

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MARCH 24, 2022

There is a saying among birders – not very well known – that if life gives you lemonade, you should take photos of Chinese Blackbird chicks. While occasionally singing, most of the time … … the adult blackbirds are working hard … … because the chicks are always hungry. So that is what I did.

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JULY 2, 2021

The bird is, of course, none other than the Common Blackbird ( Turdus merula ), the original blackbird of European folklore and nursery rhyme fame, better known to North American birders as the Eurasian Blackbird and unrelated to those “blackbirds” of the family Icteridae found in the New World.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Blackbirds foraging in the dead of night? News Aplomado Falcon big year Bird Flu Bohemian Waxwing Conservation European Blackbirds Great Bustards Gunnison Sage Grouse hummingbirds Magee Marsh South Island Saddlebacks' If you’ve ever pondered how long hummingbirds live, or how far they fly, have we got the story for you !

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JANUARY 23, 2012

You may already know about this, but I was not aware that a pure white Blackbird (the thrush, not the icterid) can be found at Rufford Abbey Country Park in Nottinghamshire, UK. In fact, this leucistic lovely ( check out the pic ) has resided at the park for the last four years. Thanks to reader Sher Buckner for the tip.

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MAY 24, 2021

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APRIL 6, 2022

Brewer’s Blackbirds are rare treats down here in Michoacán. Still, this Carrion Crow in Munich, Germany, had that Blackbird beat: It came so close to me that it did not fit in the camera’s frame. Black-necked Stilts always have lots of personality, so I couldn’t choose just one photo.

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APRIL 3, 2023

Chinese Blackbird s are among the most common birds in the Shanghai compound where I live (and where fortunately this year I am not actually locked in, a contrast to the situation one year ago). It was my impression that they are thriving here, and a very recent (2023) paper confirms that indeed Chinese Blackbirds do well in cities.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

There were large flocks of Brown-headed Cowbirds and Yellow-headed Blackbirds , with some Red-winged Blackbirds in the mix. Up close, you could see mostly Yellow-headed Blackbirds , but with some Cowbirds mixed in. The best activity was to be found in the reedbeds along the non-tollroad lake crossing. Just part of one flock.

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OCTOBER 3, 2021

He got to some of the hotspots in his home town and enjoyed seeing a variety of fall migrants from wood-warblers to blackbirds. Corey spent his weekend upstate visiting his folks, picking apples, and, of course, looking for birds. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

But North Coast also makes a bird-themed beer, Le Merle, an interpretation of a Belgian, farmhouse-style saison with a name borrowed from the French word for the Common (Eurasian) Blackbird ( Turdus merula ). Birds and Booze readers may remember another saison originally named for le merle that we looked at about a year ago.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

I was very pleased to see several Brewer’s Blackbirds mixed in with a large group of Brown-headed Cowbirds and Yellow-headed Blackbirds. Bronzed Cowbirds may look like those Brewer’s Blackbirds. This is only my second sighting of the species on Lake Cuitzeo. But their eyes are red, not white.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Great clouds of Blackbirds and Cowbirds , with a high percentage of Yellow-headed Blackbirds ? But in flight, and high in the reeds, Yellow-headed Blackbirds come to the fore. And there, I learned Lesson #3 : Even perching birds can be active on a rainy day, if the rains go on long enough. Bronzed Cowbirds were also present.).

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MARCH 16, 2018

According to one legend, Kevin was kneeling in prayer one day when a blackbird alighted on his outstretched hand and began to build a nest. Not wishing to disturb the bird, Kevin resigned to hold his reverent stance until the eggs she laid hatched and the young blackbirds fledged, which he did with stoic perseverance for weeks.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

But the name of this beer had nothing to do with “Sixteen Tons” of coal, or “Okies” from Muskogee, but birds: merle is also the French word for “blackbird”. And, of course, by blackbirds I mean true thrushes of the family Turdidae , of which the Common (Eurasian) Blackbird ( Turdus merula ) is the most famous in European culture and folklore.

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MARCH 31, 2023

For example, these may all technically be Blackbirds, but there are Red-winged and Yellow-headed Blackbirds and a Brown-headed Cowbird in this one photo. It also really helps when the birds opt for inclusion, and hang out in mixed flocks. So modern of them. Dowitchers , Teals , and Wigeons , oh my!

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MARCH 8, 2020

For me, the view of Red-winged Blackbirds puffed up with territorial bravado signals the approach of spring, even if we’re have to endure a few more snowstorms to get there! Some times of year offer more avian excitement than others, and recent signs even as far north as I live suggest we’ve just entered such a period.

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JULY 16, 2023

There are European bird species present like much of Melbourne including Common Blackbirds , House Sparrows , Rock Doves , Spotted Doves and Common Starlings. There are 82 bird species currently listed for this location and as you can see there appears to be the occasional bird drop in and get observed.

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JUNE 3, 2020

And then there are those startling bright red eyes, which distinguish them from all other blackbirds in my region, and make them look quite capable of peering into your soul and taking over your will. I’m not particularly proud of these photos. A cool, slightly spooky blackbird versus a muddy-looking blackbird?

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MARCH 15, 2020

I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2020 this morning at Cunningham Park in my home borough of Queens, where I was looking for my first Rusty Blackbirds of the year. (I I found them too!) The phoebe was busy flycatching over a vernal pool, often hitting the water as it chased bugs. For me, it is now officially spring!

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NOVEMBER 6, 2021

424 Eurasian Blackbird – Turdus merula. 480 Yellow-headed Blackbird – Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. 496 Red-winged Blackbird – Agelaius phoeniceus. 497 Tricolored Blackbird – Agelaius tricolor. 502 Melodious Blackbird – Dives dives. 503 Rusty Blackbird – Euphagus carolinus.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Common Blackbird. Spoiler alert: nothing too exciting for somebody familiar with European birds, but interesting enough for me …. European Robin. Yellowhammer. Common Chaffinch. Eurasian Tree Sparrow. Great Spotted Woodpecker. European Greenfinch. House Sparrow. Eurasian Blue Tit. Eurasian Jay.

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MAY 18, 2023

Underneath an arched branch, one familiar bird, a Common Blackbird female… but after a recent split in 2005 by Rasmussen and Anderton, it was elevated to a full species – Indian Blackbird ( Turdus simillimus ). It belongs to the same species as those in Europe, but a smaller subspecies ( Sus scrofa davidi ).

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JANUARY 1, 2021

After a night at the Point Reyes hostel and a long walk to Limantour Beach the next morning, Katherine and I drove into Point Reyes Station for a breakfast of buttermilk blueberry scones at the excellent Bovine Bakery , where the Brewer’s Blackbirds ( Euphagus cyanocephalus ) outside gathered around us and begged for crumbs.

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APRIL 26, 2020

We got out to Lucien Morin during a break in the rain and saw nothing more seasonal than Red-winged Blackbirds claiming their individual patches of marshland. The ridiculous cold afflicting the northeastern U.S. seems to have chilled the rush of migrants around here.

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APRIL 5, 2023

From Yellow-hooded Blackbirds to Purple and Common Gallinules , there are almost too many birds to focus on! While the P-a-P Wildfowl Trust’s main thrust is the breeding and release of five duck species, the habitat encourages a number of native wetland birds to inhabit and proliferate the area.

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JANUARY 25, 2015

A new paper out this month attempts to paint the most comprehensive picture yet of the origins and diversification of the American sparrows, wood-warblers, blackbirds, cardinals, tanagers, and their kin, an enormous group of birds more than 800 species strong. Burns, John Klicka, Scott M. Lanyon, and Irby J.

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JANUARY 20, 2013

For those of us in the Americas, nine-primaried oscines are among our most familiar and beloved birds: finches; sparrows, juncos, and towhees; warblers; blackbirds, meadowlarks, and orioles; cardinals and grosbeaks; and tanagers. Icteridae : New World blackbirds, orioles, meadowlarks, etc. Or blackbirds and warblers? I think so.

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MARCH 25, 2011

The national bird of Sweden is the Blackbird Turdus merula , otherwise known as the Common Blackbird or Eurasian Blackbird , though, of course, in Sweden it is not known by any of those names but as Koltrast.* The Blackbird became the Swedish national bird as a result of a newspaper poll in 1962.

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APRIL 4, 2020

Eurasian Blackbird ( Turdus merula ). Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus ). Spotted Wren ( Campylorhynchus gularis ). European Starling ( Sturnus vulgaris ). Blue Mockingbird ( Melanotis caerulescens ). Song Thrush ( Turdus philomelos ). Clay-colored Thrush ( Turdus grayi ). American Robin ( Turdus migratorius ).

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NOVEMBER 8, 2015

An angry Red-winged Blackbird attacked again and again, flashing its bright epaulettes and hitting the heron hard in the middle of its back. The blackbird appeared to be purposefully targeting the heron’s back. It continued to fish, working its way slowly along the bank while the blackbird continued its assault.

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APRIL 18, 2020

Lady Helen’s thundering progress kicked up the turf and brought opportunities for our resident Eurasian Blackbirds. Our garden birds have taken to using the jumps and markers as lookout posts from which to drop on unsuspecting worms and insects. There are at least four individuals, 2 males and two females.

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JUNE 2, 2022

Common Redstart , European Greenfinch , Song Thrush , Eurasian Blackbird , Common Nightingale , Eurasian Blue and Great T**s , Eurasian Blackcap and Eurasian Nuthatch were singing from every direction conceivable. The most numerous birds are Common Chaffinches.

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