Summer male: black, including soft parts, with bright red shoulder patch or “epaulet,” bordered ... One of the most abundant birds in North America, the red-winged’s count was estimated ...

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

Adult male: the red crown is bordered by black, with a small red patch below black nape bar; the chin and throat are red, with the red color partially invading the black malar stripe that outlines ...

The colorful male sports a metallic-green head, white neck band and wing patches, a red bill and eyes, and a reddish, black-speckled breast, for which the bird is named.” Cornell Lab of ...