{"id":14969,"date":"2014-05-15T04:42:48","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T10:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14969"},"modified":"2021-05-10T07:46:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T13:46:23","slug":"brewers-blackbird-male-displaying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/05\/15\/brewers-blackbird-male-displaying\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewer’s Blackbird male displaying"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Brewer'sBrewer’s Blackbird male displaying – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 500, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

A simple post this morning of a Brewer’s Blackbird male displaying that I photographed on a bright day in May out on Antelope Island State Park. Contrary to the name “blackbird” Brewer’s Blackbird males can be quite colorful with the right angle of\u00a0light which will show iridescent hues of blues, teals, greens and purples in the plumage. I don’t find the call<\/a><\/span> of the male Brewer’s Blackbird all that appealing but I am certain it does the trick\u00a0for female Brewer’s.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Brewer\u2019s Blackbird photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A simple post this morning of a Brewer’s Blackbird male displaying that I photographed on a bright day in May out on Antelope Island State Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14968,"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":[511,27,420,1022,26],"tags":[4004,3813,3483,4346,4338,2158,779,4263,4062,165],"class_list":["post-14969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-brewers-blackbirds","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-blackbird","tag-blackbirds","tag-breeding-behavior","tag-brewers-blackbird","tag-courtship-display","tag-displaying","tag-euphagus-cyanocephalus","tag-male","tag-spring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/brewers-blackbird-male-displaying-mia-mcpherson-0048.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-3Tr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4986,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/05\/13\/brewers-blackbirds-displaying-and-nesting\/","url_meta":{"origin":14969,"position":0},"title":"Brewer’s Blackbirds Displaying and Nesting","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"While out on Antelope Island State Park on Friday I spotted a male Brewer's Blackbird on top of a bush, the light was just great for viewing and photographing the iridescent teals, blues, greens and purples that can show up on these \"black\" birds.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Male Brewer's Blackbird displaying for nearby female","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/brewers-black-bird-male-mia-mcpherson-3877.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/brewers-black-bird-male-mia-mcpherson-3877.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/brewers-black-bird-male-mia-mcpherson-3877.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/brewers-black-bird-male-mia-mcpherson-3877.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21848,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/04\/13\/brewers-blackbird-a-common-bird-in-steep-decline\/","url_meta":{"origin":14969,"position":1},"title":"Brewer’s Blackbird – A Common Bird in Steep Decline","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Brewer's Blackbirds are a target species of the \u201cBye bye Blackbird\u201d USDA Wildlife Services Program, a program that uses DRC-1339, an avicide.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Brewer's Blackbird male displaying","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/brewers-blackbird-male-displaying-mia-mcpherson-4953.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/brewers-blackbird-male-displaying-mia-mcpherson-4953.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/brewers-blackbird-male-displaying-mia-mcpherson-4953.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/brewers-blackbird-male-displaying-mia-mcpherson-4953.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":111281,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/03\/17\/male-brewers-blackbird-portraits\/","url_meta":{"origin":14969,"position":2},"title":"Male Brewer’s Blackbird Portraits","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I took these two male Brewer's Blackbird portraits yesterday at my local pond. 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