Rusty Blackbird
“Upon closer inspection I almost couldn’t believe what I was seeing, but there they were, two female Rusty Blackbirds.”
Through the year
Columns that mention it, by the month they were published.
Year by year
Columns that mention it each year.
In his words
All 4 passages, oldest first.
Upon closer inspection I almost couldn’t believe what I was seeing, but there they were, two female Rusty Blackbirds.
My eyes were drawn to an old snag protruding from the swampland where a lonesome Rusty Blackbird bird was perched about thirty feet up, singing a creaky chorus that sounded like little ungreased wheels spinning rapidly.
Named for its winter plumage the uncommon Rusty Blackbird is not a bird that typically sticks around this far north during the winter months.
It’s also amazing to know that so many different species have been spotted at this one location, highlights include a Yellow Rumped Warbler, Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspur, Horned Larks, a Rusty Blackbird, an American Pipit and particularly noteworthy ducks include, American Widgeon, Barrow’s Goldeneye…