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Red-winged Blackbird Sitting on a Weed Royalty Free Stock Photo

Red-winged Blackbird perched on stump, Georgia, USA

Black Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, in Walton County, Monroe, Georgia, USA in spring. One of the most abundant birds across North America, and one of the most boldly colored, the Red-winged Blackbird is a familiar sight atop cattails, along soggy roadsides, and on telephone wires. Glossy-black males have scarlet-and-yellow shoulder patches they can puff up or hide depending on how confident they feel.