{"id":55877,"date":"2019-01-31T05:18:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T12:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=55877"},"modified":"2025-10-30T16:09:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T21:09:14","slug":"red-winged-blackbird-male-singing-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/01\/31\/red-winged-blackbird-male-singing-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-winged Blackbird Male Singing In January"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Red-wingedRed-winged Blackbird male next to the road at Farmington Bay – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

It has been nearly a year since I posted any photos of Red-winged Blackbirds and since I took photos of a cooperative, sticky male yesterday I thought I should rectify that situation and share two photos here this morning.<\/p>\n

If I hadn’t seen the remnants of the most recent snow on the ground, the ice on the water, felt the cold and if<\/em> I had relied on only my ears and not my other senses I would have thought it was spring at Farmington Bay WMA<\/span><\/a> yesterday morning because of the way the Red-winged Blackbirds were singing.<\/p>\n

The Red-winged Blackbird males seemed to be singing almost everywhere I could see them.<\/p>\n

This male Red-winged Blackbird in the photo above was close to the road and he had nice light falling on him, light that helped to show some of the nice details in his black feathers.<\/p>\n

\"MaleMale Red-winged Blackbird singing in January – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 500, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The male Red-winged Blackbird moved from the original perch to another one less than three feet away and I like the gradient tones of colors in the background even more than what can be seen in the first photo.<\/p>\n

I especially love the blue at the top of the frame. He sang and displayed on this perch for several minutes before he flew off into the marsh.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed hearing the Red-winged Blackbirds singing yesterday and photographing this male too.<\/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":"

It has been nearly a year since I posted any photos of Red-winged Blackbirds and since I took photos of a cooperative, sticky male yesterday I thought I should rectify that situation and share two photos here this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":162388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1022,697,419,26],"tags":[4151,3813,3483,779,4062,4094,4059,4324,4179,4095,373],"class_list":["post-55877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-red-winged-blackbirds","category-utah","tag-agelaius-phoeniceus","tag-blackbird","tag-blackbirds","tag-displaying","tag-male","tag-marsh","tag-phragmites","tag-red-winged-blackbird","tag-singing-2","tag-wetlands","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-winged-blackbird-male-singing-mia-mcpherson-8832.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-exf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":122239,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/03\/01\/male-red-winged-blackbird-singing-in-a-marsh\/","url_meta":{"origin":55877,"position":0},"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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