{"id":10526,"date":"2013-11-15T05:19:50","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T12:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=10526"},"modified":"2025-05-21T14:34:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T19:34:45","slug":"male-red-winged-blackbird-singing-on-a-mangrove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/11\/15\/male-red-winged-blackbird-singing-on-a-mangrove\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Red-winged Blackbird singing on a Mangrove"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SingingSinging male Red-winged Blackbird in all his glory – D200, handheld, f7.1, 1\/200, ISO 250, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Red-winged Blackbirds are found in every state in the lower 48, Alaska and southern Canada. They prefer wetlands, freshwater marshes, wet meadows and saltwater marshes.<\/p>\n

It isn’t unusual for me to see\u00a0Red-winged Blackbirds\u00a0here in Utah foraging along the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake or while I lived in Florida singing from the tops of mangroves in a Spartina marsh, like the male shown above who was attempting to call in the ladies during breeding season at the north beach of Fort De Soto County Park.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if this\u00a0male was successful with the female Red-winged Blackbirds but he sure had me mesmerized with his sleek black feathers and his flashing red, orange and yellow epaulets.<\/p>\n

Even though Red-winged Blackbirds are common they\u00a0are fascinating and challenging subjects because\u00a0it seems they are active all the time and those black feathers are difficult to expose properly and show fine details in their plumage.<\/p>\n

The “common” can be uncommonly beautiful in the right light and setting.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Red-winged Blackbird photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t if this male was successful with the female Red-winged Blackbirds but he sure had me mesmerized with his sleek black feathers and his flashing red, orange and yellow epaulets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,25,704,2000,419],"tags":[4004,4151,3813,3483,4073,4072,5132,2498,779,8824,4062,4324,8376,4179,4543,165,4095,4325],"class_list":["post-10526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-pinellas-county-florida","category-red-winged-blackbirds","tag-adult","tag-agelaius-phoeniceus","tag-blackbird","tag-blackbirds","tag-breeding-season","tag-calling","tag-coastal","tag-courting","tag-displaying","tag-freshwater-marshes","tag-male","tag-red-winged-blackbird","tag-saltwater-marshes","tag-singing-2","tag-spartina-marsh","tag-spring","tag-wetlands","tag-white-mangrove"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-winged-blackbird-male-singing-mia-mcpherson-4492.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-2JM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51046,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/02\/23\/spread-eagle-red-winged-blackbird-at-fort-de-soto-county-park\/","url_meta":{"origin":10526,"position":0},"title":"Spread-eagle Red-winged Blackbird at Fort De Soto County Park","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In Florida I most often photographed Red-winged Blackbirds at north beach of Fort De Soto County Park where I could reliably find them in the sand dunes, sea oats, spartina and mangroves all year long.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Spread-eagle Red-winged Blackbird male, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-winged-blackbird-mangrove-mia-mcpherson-0508.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-winged-blackbird-mangrove-mia-mcpherson-0508.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-winged-blackbird-mangrove-mia-mcpherson-0508.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4574,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/03\/02\/red-winged-blackbirds\/","url_meta":{"origin":10526,"position":1},"title":"Red-winged Blackbirds","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Red-winged Blackbirds are birds that I associate with spring, the males begin calling perched on top of reeds, cattails, grasses and shrubs and flash their brightly colored coverts to attract a mate.","rel":"","context":"In "Florida"","block_context":{"text":"Florida","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/florida\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Female Red-winged Blackbird with nesting material, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-winged-black-bird-female-nesting-mia-mcpherson-5888.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-winged-black-bird-female-nesting-mia-mcpherson-5888.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-winged-black-bird-female-nesting-mia-mcpherson-5888.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-winged-black-bird-female-nesting-mia-mcpherson-5888.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":122239,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/03\/01\/male-red-winged-blackbird-singing-in-a-marsh\/","url_meta":{"origin":10526,"position":2},"title":"Male Red-winged Blackbird Singing In A Marsh","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"One week ago, my ears were delighted to hear this male Red-winged Blackbird singing and calling on the marsh at Farmington Bay WMA. 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