Female: well streaked throughout ... Males show black median coverts, so the red epaulet lacks a yellow border. The male tri­colored blackbird has a thinner, more pointed bill, a white epaulet ...

The red-winged blackbird, at home in cattail vegetation of Minnesota’s bountiful wetlands, lakes and rivers, is a welcome ...

Then, on March 1, I awake to the sound of red-winged blackbirds, twee-ing and twee-ing as they greet ... each of the males will have staked his corner of our pond and gladly welcomes female ...

Carolus Linneaus, a Swedish scientist, gave the red-winged blackbird its scientific name ... blue-green eggs accented with dark markings. A female produces one or two broods per year.