For proof that the seasons are truly changing, just listen for the unmistakable song of the red-winged blackbird. After spending the colder months living in the southern U.S., these boldly colored ...
Staking his claim along the tidal marshes of Long Island Sound, it’s the Red-Winged Blackbird — singing loud, flashing those epaulets, and reminding everyone who runs the shoreline.
Idaho has a somewhat surprising 15 species of blackbirds (family Icteridae). There are only 106 species in the family on the entire planet, so that’s not too bad. But five species are accidental ...