Red-winged Blackbird
“On the morning of March 13 my wife called me to the window to see five Red-winged blackbirds frantically foraging on the bird feeder.”
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Song Sparrows and good numbers of male Red-winged Blackbirds arrived the last week in February - staking out their territories along the Scarborough Marsh and Gull Crest wetlands, as did Common Grackles - announcing their arrival with croak like whistles and iridescent bluish hoods.
Additionally several Brown creepers, a single Ruby crowned Kinglet, one-to-many Red-winged Blackbirds and massive mob of Common Grackles all sang, croaked and whistled in perfect harmony along the fringes, where woods meet marsh.
On the morning of March 13 my wife called me to the window to see five Red-winged blackbirds frantically foraging on the bird feeder.
On the 26th of February my wife reported hearing the first of the season Red-winged Blackbird in Pond Cove.
Adding to the chorus at sundown are Common Yellowthroats and Yellow Warblers, American Redstarts, Veery’s, Great-crested Flycatchers, Eastern Wood-Peewees and Red-winged Blackbirds.
Early spring migrants like the Song Sparrow and Red-winged Blackbird are arriving in greater numbers every day now.
Later that afternoon along the Spurwink footbridge towards Gull Crest I briefly crossed paths with a night heron that was being badgered by a Red-winged Blackbird as it flew towards a nighttime roost.
That afternoon within the Libby River Farm Preserve in Scarborough I came across five Red-winged Blackbirds.
Across town Northern Cardinals began singing their sweet songs and on Wells Road I heard my first Red-winged Blackbird calling on February 23.
The chorus here at sundown included Common Yellowthroats and Yellow Warblers, American Redstarts, Great-crested Flycatchers, Eastern Wood-Peewees and Red-winged Blackbirds.
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The tumbled trill of Red-winged Blackbirds can also be heard across town.
The chorus at sundown includes Common Yellowthroats and Yellow Warblers, American Redstarts, Great-crested Flycatchers, Eastern Wood-Peewees and Red-winged Blackbirds.
Additionally on March 13 northbound travelers visiting our backyard included a Red-winged Blackbird, a Common Grackle and four Brown-headed Cowbirds.
The first Red-winged Blackbirds of the season showed up at Great Pond on March 1st.
Later that afternoon, crossing the Spurwink footbridge toward Gull Crest, I briefly encountered a night heron being harassed by a Red-winged Blackbird as it flew toward its evening roost.