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Red-winged Blackbirds (migration)

Agelaius phoeniceus

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Description:

Smaller than a Robin. Male is black with bright red shoulder patches. Female and young are heavily streaked with dusky brown. The birds have gathered with other blackbirds in a flock of hundreds. Their voices are carried quite a distance.

Habitat:

Marshes, swamps, and wet and dry meadows; pastures.

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PublishedOctober 4, 2013

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