{"id":46984,"date":"2017-05-30T04:01:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T10:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=46984"},"modified":"2025-02-11T10:38:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T16:38:43","slug":"red-winged-blackbird-male-on-a-may-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/05\/30\/red-winged-blackbird-male-on-a-may-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Singing Red-winged Blackbird Male on a May Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Red-wingedRed-winged Blackbird, Cocklebur and a fence post – Nikon D500, f10, 1\/500, ISO 320, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday I posted Yellow-headed Blackbird portraits<\/a> and today I am posting some simple Red-winged Blackbird photos taken the same day but they were taken a couple of miles away in Davis County, Utah.<\/p>\n

Yellow-headed Blackbirds are slightly larger than Red-winged Blackbirds and they are aggressive towards Red-winged Blackbirds and will take over nesting territories from the Red-winged Blackbirds. They both like the same kind of habitat for nesting so that can lead to aerial fights between the two species.<\/p>\n

I thought it was interesting that there was a cocklebur on the fence post next to the feet of this Red-winged Blackbird since just last week I photographed a Snowy Egret with a common cocklebur<\/a> stuck in its feathers at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and it was the first time that I know I had an image with a bird and a cocklebur in it.<\/p>\n

The Red-winged Blackbird may have flown to the fence post with the cocklebur in its bill, I did see it poke at a few times then knock it off of the fence post.<\/p>\n

\"SingingSinging male Red-winged Blackbird on a May morning – Nikon D500, f10, 1\/500, ISO 320, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though it is late May there are still male Red-winged Blackbirds displaying and singing their little hearts out here in northern Utah and that is what this male blackbird was doing.<\/p>\n

Listen to a male Red-winged Blackbird here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Red-winged Blackbirds are plentiful in the marshes that surround the Great Salt Lake and it is a delight to hear them singing, see them flying and to photograph them as they go about their business of just being a bird.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Even though it is late May there are still male Red-winged Blackbirds displaying and singing their little hearts out here in northern Utah and that is what this male blackbird was doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1022,419,26],"tags":[4004,4151,3813,3483,5885,898,4005,4062,610,4324,4179],"class_list":["post-46984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-davis-county-utah","category-red-winged-blackbirds","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-agelaius-phoeniceus","tag-blackbird","tag-blackbirds","tag-cocklebur","tag-fence-post","tag-great-salt-lake","tag-male","tag-marshes","tag-red-winged-blackbird","tag-singing-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t