Photography of Birds – Set # 123
Set # 123
Red-winged Blackbird (M)
Red-winged Blackbird (M)
Young birds resemble the female, but are paler below and have buff feather fringes. Both sexes have a sharply pointed bill. The tail is of medium length and is rounded. The eyes, bill, and feet are all black. Unlike most North American passerines, which develop their adult plumage in their first year of life, so that the one-year-old and the oldest individual are indistinguishable in the breeding season, the sergeant thrush does not. it acquires until after the breeding season of the year following its birth, when it is between thirteen and fifteen months of age. Young males go through a transition stage in which the wing spots have an orange coloration before acquiring the most intense tone typical of adults.
European Starling
European Starling
H.J. Ruiz - Avian101 
The Red-Winged Blackbird is a true harbinger of spring!
Yes, thank you, Mike. 🙂
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