One or two Red-winged Blackbirds often ate the birdseed off the ground, under the feeder, at our old home in Belcamp, MD.
This male Red-winged Blackbird eats seed with some grackles. The red patch on the wings is more evident when it is airborne. The photo was taken in June 2003.
This Red-winged Blackbird was seen at the picnic area of Susquehanna State Park on May 22nd, 2005.
This Red-winged Blackbird was also seen at the picnic area of Susquehanna State Park, this time on on May 30th, 2005. The red on its shoulders is very obvious when the bird is in flight.
These birds were in the brush alongside the pond at Swan Harbor Farms in Harford County, MD on February 20th, 2006.
This is a female Red-winged Blackbird, again at Swan Harbor Farms. The photo was taken in May, 2006.
This Red-winged Blackbird was at Swan Harbor Farms in June 2007.
This bird was seen at Bombay Hook in October 2007.
This male blackbird was at Harford Glen in April, 2008.
This female was also at Harford Glen in late April, 2008.
This male blackbird was also at Harford Glen in April, 2008.
I saw these Red-winged Blackbirds at Cape May on July 3rd, 2009.
This one was at Bombay Hook, DE on May 29th, 2010.
I saw this one at Swan Harbor Farms on April 24th, 2011.
This female was at the Patterson Park lake in Baltimore on June 12th, 2011.
I saw this group of birds flying over the Konza Prairie nature trail near Manhattan, KS on January 10th, 2012.
This one was at Swan Harbor Farms on April 1st, 2012.
I saw this female there on February 22nd, 2013.
This bird was near the Havre de Grace Promenade on March 23rd, 2014.
I saw this one at Swan Harbor on May 4th, 2014.
This bird was also at Swan Harbor. I saw it on June 21st, 2014.
This one landed on a rail about 4 feet from me at Harford Glen on July 6th, 2014.
This bird was at Swan Harbor on July 20th, 2014.
These were also at Swan Harbor on April 26th, 2015.
I saw this one at Bombay Hook on May 24th, 2015.
This one was at Harford Glen on June 7th, 2015.
These were at our feeder in the winter of 2016.
These were at our feeder in the winter of 2016.
I saw this bird at Mariner Point park on January 30th, 2016.
This one was at Bombay Hook on May 28th, 2017.
This bird posed for pictures at Bombay Hook on May 26th, 2018.