The red-winged blackbird is one of the few that I have been able to identify since I was young. My dad first pointed them out to me while camping in upstate New York. He also pointed out their songs. He even knew which noise was the male and which was the female answering him. I see them frequently, but today (June 8th) I saw and heard them again with a new awareness. It was about 5 in the afternoon, sunny, 80 degrees Fahrenheit. My boyfriend and I took the conservation trail at Exton Park.
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red-winged blackbird is fairly easy to identify. They are robin-sized, but I notice that their body is more stocky. Either that or the way they hold themselves is different, like they are pulling their shoulders to their ears all the time. They are completely black with a bright red scapular patch edged in yellow. This park is a wetland area and we saw the bird right at the edge of the pond. He was flying back and forth between branches and a hidden spot on the shore line.
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