BirdingGirl

I had been watching a couple of red-winged blackbirds during a walk in Stiles & Hart Conservation Area last month. The male flew into the reeds growing in a small pond and I decided to take some video since it was interesting to watch what he did. This video isn't terribly exciting, but you can hear the dry "chek" sound he's making in the beginning of the video, and then toward the end he climbs sideways up the reed, starts to display the red on his wings and then flies toward the camera. Some interesting red-winged blackbird habits taken from Cornell Lab of Ornithology : When defending territory or trying to attract a female the male displays its epaulettes (red on its wings- "shoulder decorations" is the literal translation) They are highly polygynous (keep multiple breeding partners) and males can have up to 15 females in their territory A male might spend more than a quarter of all the daylight hours in territory defense Red-winged blackbird populati...