Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Common and widespread across North America, Red-winged Blackbirds form huge colonial winter roosts in North Carolina, especially in areas of the coastal plain like Pocosin Lakes and Lake Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuges. Flocks can number in the hundreds of thousands or even millions of birds.

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Rosebud Co., MT
26 Apr 2014

	Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Digiscoped Dare Co., NC 24 May 2006

	Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Washington Co., NC 30 June 2006 Males show off their rich red epilets while singing on territory.
	Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Washington Co., NC 30 June 2006 The male above was protecting his nest, partially concealed in the Buttonbush!

	Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Castaway Cay, 8 miles off the coast of Abaco, Bahamas 29 Nov 2008 Females are streaked brown & cream with a light eyebrow.
	Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Castaway Cay, 8 miles off the coast of Abaco, Bahamas 29 Nov 2008

A Blur of Blackbirds, including Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Common Grackle, and European Starling
Beaufort Co., NC
9 Nov 2014

	Blackbird flock Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, Dare Co., NC 8 Nov 2008 Large flocks of blackbirds, mostly Red-winged but also with grackles, cowbirds, and starling, forage and roost together in fall and winter in the Carolinas.
	Blackbird flock Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, Dare Co., NC 8 Nov 2008
	Blackbird flock Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, Dare Co., NC 8 Nov 2008

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Rosebud Co., MT
1 June 2014

A pair of Red-winged Blackbirds guard the nest below.

	Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) nest Rosebud Co., MT 1 June 2014 This old upside-down tumbleweed housed the nest below.
	Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) nest Rosebud Co., MT 1 June 2014
	Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) nest Rosebud Co., MT 1 June 2014

	Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) nest Missoula Co., MT 11 May 2010
	Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) nest Missoula Co., MT 11 May 2010

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