10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I pointed at the bird shown below but he insisted it could not be that species – no long tail … For people of a certain age, gender and background, at some point The Smiths were the most important band in the world. A juvenile Chinese Blackbird. This one looks different. ” Hm. Oh, to be young and molting again!

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Birds LACS France Japan 225

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

ALWAYS assume there is some other bird species in there that you have not found yet. Here is a flock of endangered species. Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota. In the case of these Tricolored Blackbirds , they are formed for DEFENSE. Could a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper be mixed in with that flock of Pectorals ?

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North Dakota LACS Oakland Falcons 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2012

Barf at blackbirds. Most of them are essentially telling you what species they are when they talk, so just focusing on appearance may make the identification process more complicated than it has to be. Photographed at Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, ND. They are fearful of flycatchers. Galled at gulls. They wince at warblers.

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LACS Alaska Wildlife Connecticut 185