Carolus Linneaus, a Swedish scientist, gave the red-winged blackbird its scientific name, Agelaius phoenicus, in 1766. The ...

What could be more natural on a warm summer's day than enjoying a stroll on a path around a wetland filled with waving grasses and the songs of marsh birds? What could seem more unnatural than to ...

For many people, one of spring’s most welcome harbingers is the return of the red-winged blackbirds. With the first thaws of early spring, the male blackbirds begin their recolonization of Ohio. By ...

Wisconsin's wetlands are about to get a whole lot louder. Red-winged blackbirds have been steadily arriving with southern winds and are setting up their territory for spring breeding season. Females ...

It’s a warm weather rite as unfailing and unwelcome as sunburn — the sudden attack of a red-winged blackbird, driven to protective fury by the approach of an unsuspecting cyclist or pedestrian. These ...

This species is one of the most widely distributed, abundant, well-known, and well-named birds in North America. Polytypic. Length 8.7". Usually sits in an obvious place or is found in flocks, feeding ...