Brewer’s Blackbird Images, Facts and Information:
Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Brewer’s Blackbirds are small, long-legged blackbirds with long tails, rounded heads and long bills.
- Males have yellow eyes, glossy black plumage with iridescent metallic blues, purples and greens. The female is brown with dark eyes.
- Brewer’s Blackbirds are social birds that nest in colonies of up to 100 birds. The females pick the nest location and build the nests.
- Brewer’s Blackbirds lay 3 to 7 eggs which hatch in 12 to 14 days. The female incubates.
- Their main diet includes seeds and grains and they will eat insects when they are plentiful. They will pick insects off of the backs of large mammals. They are also opportunistic feeders and in urban areas they will take whatever food they find from fast food parking lots, cafes and parks.
- The range of Brewer’s Blackbirds has expended eastward because of human created changes.
- A group of Brewer’s Blackbirds is called a “keg”.
- Brewer’s Blackbirds can live up to 13 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Brewer’s Blackbird photos.
Female Brewer’s Blackbird with light eyes
Title: Female Brewer’s Blackbird with light eyes
Location: Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/22/2016
Male Brewer’s Blackbird catching a midge
Title: Male Brewer’s Blackbird catching a midge
Location: Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/22/2016
Female Brewer’s Blackbird in Autumn
Title: Female Brewer’s Blackbird in Autumn
Location: Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/22/2016
Brewer’s Blackbird male during the fall
Title: Brewer’s Blackbird male during the fall
Location: Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/21/2016
Male Brewer’s Blackbird calling from a fence post
Title: Male Brewer’s Blackbird calling from a fence post
Location: Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/21/2016
Male Brewer’s Blackbird at Farmington Bay
Title: Male Brewer’s Blackbird at Farmington Bay
Location: Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/21/2016
Fluffed up male Brewer’s Blackbird
Title: Fluffed up male Brewer’s Blackbird
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/19/2016
Male Brewer’s Blackbird Portrait
Title: Male Brewer’s Blackbird Portrait
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/19/2016
Red-tailed Hawk adult with chicks and a Brewer’s Blackbird
Title: Red-tailed Hawk adult with chicks and a Brewer’s Blackbird
Location: Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/14/2015
Brewer’s Blackbird male displaying
Title: Brewer’s Blackbird male displaying
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/12/2015
Preening Brewer’s Blackbird
Title: Preening Brewer’s Blackbird
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/29/2014
Brewer’s Blackbird male displaying on Antelope Island
Title: Brewer’s Blackbird male displaying on Antelope Island
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/1/2014
Female Brewer’s Blackbird with nesting material
Title: Female Brewer’s Blackbird with nesting material
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/11/2012
Male Brewer’s Blackbird displaying for nearby female
Title: Male Brewer’s Blackbird displaying for nearby female
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/11/2012
Brewer’s Blackbird female taking a stroll
Title: Brewer’s Blackbird female taking a stroll
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/18/2011
A close view of a Brewer’s Blackbird female
Title: A close view of a Brewer’s Blackbird female
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/18/2011
A Brewer’s Blackbird female walking on a boulder
Title: A Brewer’s Blackbird female walking on a boulder
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/18/2011
A female Brewer’s Blackbird on a boulder
Title: A female Brewer’s Blackbird on a boulder
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/18/2011
Brewer’s Blackbird female perched upright
Title: Brewer’s Blackbird female perched upright
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/18/2011
Male Brewer’s Blackbird displaying
Title: Male Brewer’s Blackbird displaying
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/13/2010