Red-winged blackbird calls are harsh and noisy. Males claim territory with a nasal, ringing and far-carrying conk-la-ree song ...

It is not just the two of them. Red-winged blackbirds have been terrorizing unsuspecting walkers at the Lakefill throughout the spring and summer, swooping down on them, squawking in their ears ...

The red-winged blackbirds are trilling like crazy — especially ... They don’t care about the snow, just the natural call of nature. And … that groundhog that predicted an early spring ...

Males show black median coverts, so the red epaulet lacks a yellow border. The male tri­colored blackbird has a thinner ... birds in North America, the red-winged’s count was estimated at ...