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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2014
More than 99% of the population of Tricolored Blackbirds ( Agelaius tricolor ) live within the state of California and form the largest colonies of any North American passerine bird 1. The Results of the 2014 Tricolored Blackbird Statewide Survey confirm that this species is in rapid decline. Click on photos for full sized images.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 24, 2016
Blackbirds, as a family, often have those simple descriptive names that are easy to mock ( Yellow-rumped Warbler , ugh) until a non-birder comes describing such a species to you and asking for an ID. Which is not to say that the creeping hand of ornithological nepotism has never touched the blackbirds. Take Brewer’s Blackbird.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 5, 2014
Even garden variety Red-winged Blackbirds are fun to play with in slow motion. Here’s a sample of what I got at the feeders at Santa Ana NWR last week: I love the way the blackbirds sound in slow motion…a little terrifying. Here’s a trailer for it: Birds blackbirds digiscoping'
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
Specifically, the plight of the Rusty Blackbird , which has experienced the sharpest rate of decline among North American landbirds, according to the International Rusty Blackbird Working Group (IRBWG), and has a conservation status of Vulnerable. Male Rusty Blackbird image above copyright Richard Orr, courtesy of IRBWG).
10,000 Birds
JULY 27, 2013
Blackbirds are blackbirds. In the new world all meadowlarks and blackbirds, along with grackles, cowbirds, orioles, oropendulas, and some others, are members of the family Icteridae , the New World Blackbirds. adult male Red-breasted Blackbird showing off its namesake. female Red-breasted Blackbird.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2012
Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus ) Male (click on photos for full sized images) This time of year, Red-winged Blackbirds are gathering on nesting grounds in wetlands but also in uplands and agricultural habitats. Right now though, you would most probably see flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds preparing to mate and nest.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 24, 2011
This reminded me of an occasion when I noted similar behaviour by a Eurasian Blackbird , Turdus merula. Heavy competition may have forced the bird to “get creative and adapt to other food sources” The Blackbird was faced with a similar challenge, except that the ground was rock solid on account of a hot dry spring.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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! .”
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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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MAY 24, 2021
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10,000 Birds
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?
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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.).
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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!
10,000 Birds
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?
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2023
From Masked Yellowthroat and Yellow-chinned Spinetail to Yellow-hooded Blackbird and Yellow Oriole , we chuckled consistently at the preponderance of yellow in the marsh. Green Kingfisher While out with some close friends on an early morning mission to southern Trinidad, we enjoyed sightings of various forms of yellow-inspired birds.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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 ).
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2019
In the same low trees, pale lavender colored flowers attracted other species, among them a pair of Melodious Blackbirds that also flicked their tails but in a more pronounced fashion. In typical blackbird fashion, this common garden bird gave occasional, loud, ringing calls. These were. Great Kiskadee. Social Flycatcher.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2020
Eurasian Blackbird – Turdus merula. Chinese Blackbird – Turdus mandarinus. Red-winged Blackbird – Agelaius phoeniceus. Melodious Blackbird – Dives dives. Brewer’s Blackbird – Euphagus cyanocephalus. Yellow-hooded Blackbird – Chrysomus icterocephalus.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2019
The Chinese Blackbird was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Common Blackbird, and does not really look or behave much different. Instead of cattle, it nowadays often follows tractors ploughing the fields and thus stirring up small animals. A thoroughly modern bird.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 5, 2018
Brown-headed Cowbirds, Red-wing Blackbirds and Yellow-headed Blackbirds were all flying in and out of the cattails faster than I could get a photo of. This Yellow-headed Blackbird was just slow enough, that I was able to capture him in a full dive towards the reeds!
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2012
So, to cut things short, there is sickness all around me, and I have thus decided to have my February post whistle to that tune as well and give an update to the mysterious die-off amongst our Eurasian Blackbirds that occurred around my home turf in Heidelberg last summer – blogged about here. Significantly reduced flight distance.
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2020
Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula). Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives). Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus). Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus). Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus). Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus). Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos). Turdus sp.).
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