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447 - White-winged Blackbird

Formely called Grey-winged Thrush

Photographed life species #521
White-winged Blackbird (male)
White-winged Blackbird (male)		 White-winged Blackbird (female)
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White-winged Blackbird 100% crop		 White-winged Blackbird (male)
White-winged Blackbird (male)
White-winged Blackbird (female)
White-winged Blackbird (female)		 White-winged Blackbird (female)
White-winged Blackbird (female)

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Guest 08-Apr-2022 13:35
Had a black bird with white shoulder stripe on the deck rail where I put seed and corn out last week! Northern Maryland
Guest 03-Apr-2021 14:18
Just saw a white wing black bird in the tree near our feeder. Upstate NY 2021
Guest 28-Apr-2019 02:13
Just had a flock of these small white wing black birds in field next to our house today for the first time here in Big Spring, Texas. We used to have a lot of red wing black birds but haven't seen but one or two in several years
Joe 05-Jun-2018 12:38
Saw male white winged blackbird this morning on my bird feeder. Gilmer Tx
Guest 09-Apr-2018 12:58
Isaw 2 of these birds in my front garden here in Elora ,Ontario Canada
Guest 17-Mar-2018 13:21
Oops. I think it is actually a Young Red-winged blackbird in Winston Salem, NC. Black bill and only white that I could see from 20' away.
Guest 17-Mar-2018 13:15
Just saw my first white-winged male blackbird in Winston Salem, NC.
Guest 10-Mar-2018 12:29
Just saw my first white winged blackbird on a fence post in our yard in Fredrick county Maryland!
Guest 25-Jul-2017 18:03
Just saw what appeared to be a black bird with half white wings from tips in on both top and bottom also a white tail in Duluth moments ago never seen before
Guest 22-Jun-2016 14:31
There are white-winged blackbirds in our neighborhood in Madison WI.
Hester 06-Jun-2016 23:15
We just saw one of these in Escanaba, Mi. today. Couldn't find it in a bird book but I see by all other posts and pictures that I wasn't hallucinating!
Guest 07-Apr-2016 15:30
SE Minnesota. Have lived here for 34+ years. Saw our first white winged blackbird this morning.
Sandy 03-Apr-2016 14:18
Saw my first white winged blackbirds today traveling with a flock of blackbirds and redwinged blackbirds. Never seen them before and they were not in any of my bird books Minnesota 4/3/16.
Guest 16-Mar-2016 20:35
I HAVE A WHITE WINGED AND a RED WINGeD BLACKBIRD IN MY BACKYARD IN MANSFIELD OHIO. I'VE BEEN HERE 19 YEARS AND THIS IS THE FIRST TI ME THAT EITHER ONE HAS BEEN HERE. They came on March 10th, 2016
Patty 08-Sep-2015 16:15
I also saw two white wing black birds today in Lakewood Colorado. My husband and I recently moved here from Scottsdale, Arizona. It's the first white wing blackbird I have ever seen. Before I saw their wings, I thought they were crows. So I had to go to the internet to see what they are.
Guest 29-May-2015 16:34
I had what I think was a White-Winged Blackbird perch on the top of a Shepard's Hook in my backyard in Northeast, Kansas. I've never seen one before. It's been raining almost constantly for two weeks and my yard is literally a swamp, so it could have been a juvenile Red-Winged Blackbird. Hope to see it again and try to get a better look next time.
Dru and Dick 04-May-2015 12:32
Just saw our first whie-winged blackbird in Marquette, MI. Can't find any info.
Guest 30-Apr-2015 17:50
I saw a white winged blackbird in Grafton, MA today. It was feeding on the ground, beneath the bird feeder, by itself. I have seen them before, a few weeks ago.
Guest 26-Apr-2015 20:30
I saw a white winged blackbird in Bangor, Maine, for the first time three weeks ago and again today. It is alone and feeding on the ground below my bird feeder.
Guest 03-Apr-2015 21:34
Just saw a white wiged black bird in Toronto Canada, never seen one here before.
Guest 27-Oct-2014 22:01
I saw abot 200 flying over head in akron ohio about 530 in the evening 10_27_14
Nancy 13-Apr-2014 23:57
Saw a white winged black bird for the first time here in Caledonia Mi.
jennie 03-Apr-2014 14:29
1st time I saw a white winged blackbird at my feeder in Nantahala NC
Bill 09-Mar-2014 22:40
3.9.14 I saw a large 12-14" white winged blackbird eating mixed seed in Muncie, In.- sounds like a redwinged variety.
Guest 04-Mar-2014 12:52
We live in south Knoxville, TN. We had about 50 white winged black birds flocking together at our feeder, and in our surrounding trees. We have seen red winged black birds before, but never this coloration. Guessing they were migrating and stopped for a meal! March 4, 2014
bazillionand1 25-Aug-2013 02:30
Saw a white winged blackbird in my backyard roday in eastern TN just outside of Knoxville.
Roberta P. 16-Jul-2013 20:42
I just saw one on my deck feeder, and I live in Rhode Island!
Ray 14-May-2013 03:26
When I grew up in western North Dakota we had many White Winged Black birds nesting in our alfalfa fields. The male is black, the female is brown. They nest in a hollowed out depression in the ground lined with grass and feathers. They have blue eggs. I think as many as 6 eggs. The male perches on a fence post and flies up into the air and sings a beautiful song as he does it. He goes up 30 to 40 feet and lands back on the same perch each time. He does this quite frequently. I believe he does this while the female is on the nest.
Guest 12-Apr-2013 21:34
It is the first time that I have seen a white wing black bird. I live in Angus Ontario Canada April 1202013
Guest 02-Mar-2013 17:22
One lone white winged blackbird has been hanging around my feeders for the past 3 days. Its not aggressive at all. I live in Harford County, MD.
Cheryl 12-Jun-2012 02:39
I saw the male white winged black bird for the first time today in Cleveland, OH
Ellen 20-May-2012 04:22
In Fort Worth Texas. We've had one of these come every day for about two weeks. May 2012.
G. Dierking 12-May-2012 19:29
For the past few days, 5 May through 13 May, 2012, my wife and I have seen a pair of white winged black birds visiting our feeder in Kingston Washington. We've never seen them before, and didnt find any mention of them in our copy of BIRDS of the Puger Sound Region. Hopefully they will stick around, and I might get a good picture of them. They seem spookier than most of the birds that visit us.
Guest 11-May-2012 18:26
Being a nearly 50 yr. old WY Native, I'd never seen a white-winged blackbird, until this morning. While out for a pleasant drive w/ my mom, we saw approx. 20-30 of them in a flock. Their body size was somewhat smaller than a regular blackbird or either red or yellow-winged. I was surprised and amazed at the sight. Mom mentioned some kind of old-timers tale re: seeing a white winged blackbird and some specific meaning to it; this, she remembers her grandmother stating, many years ago. I'm hoping to find some reference to the old saying and...hope to again, enjoy seeing the white-winged, again...
Guest 01-May-2012 00:44
We live in upstate NY and this is the first time I've ever seen a white-winged blackbird. Never knew there was such a thing since I saw the pictures!
Guest 01-May-2012 00:44
My husband and myself saw just the male in one of our bird feeders way up here in Bay Mills MI ( Upper Peninsula)
Duane and Becky
Deborah Caviness 06-Nov-2011 19:44
we have seen the White Wing Black Bird here in Overland Park Kansas in Oct. 2011. Where do they come from????
Debbie & Eric Astrope 15-Aug-2011 03:57
We spotted two white winged blackbirds this summer along with all our blue jays. We have never seen these blackbirds before and they were eating from our flat feeder that hangs from an oak tree, as well as drinking from the nearby bird bath. We live in Winnipeg, Manitoba and hope to see them again.
Debbie Frederickson 11-Jul-2011 06:45
A friend and I saw two of them this past weekend in Wyoming at the site of the Heart Mountain WWII Japanese Internment Camp. One was on the ground, and it took flight when I startled it. The white patches were very visible--and there was no hint of red or yellow or orange in or around the patches. What a treat to find a site where others have seen the bird too!
Claire 17-Jun-2011 00:15
Today, a co-worker and I first heard, then saw, both the male and female white-winged blackbird at a bird feeder we have outside of our office in suburban Detroit. Neither of us had ever seen one, nor can I find any information about them in my bird books. Wish we knew more about them. : )
Guest 13-Jun-2011 18:29
My boyfriend and i live in Wyoming as well and this is the first white winged I have ever seen they are beautiful, I dont get them at my feeder tho they hang out in the desert. We have a very wet year right now wonder if that has anything to do with it
Kate 29-May-2011 19:10
My sister and I have both seen what we thought was a red-winged blackbird but with no red/yellow in the stripe on the wing. So I googled it, and lo & behold there exists a white-winged blackbird! Surprise, surprise. This is the first year either of us have seen one though.
Dorthy Leavitt Tillotson 14-May-2011 00:18
The White-winged Blackbird has shown up at our feeders for the first time this year. We live in the North West corner of Wyoming. Didn't believe what I was seeing at first had to look again and again. We too have the Red-winged and the Yellow-headed, but this is our first White-winged. how fun.
Dated: 13 May 2011
Shirley 07-May-2011 12:58
We saw several in an open field. Cannot find them in any of our birdbooks. They were with some red-wing blackbirds and dove. We had gone out to see jack-rabbits and were surprised to see these. We were really excited to see these in Lubbock Texas. Glad I found this site. It was driving us crazy.
Shirley & Carolyn
Becky 22-Apr-2011 17:03
I swear I've just seen a white-winged blackbird land briefly in the back yard in STL. Nearly identical to the red-winged blackbird I see in the fields, solid black, except no red - only the white stripe. Like the "White-winged Blackbird (male)" photo top right.
Raye 08-Apr-2011 12:30
I live in CNY and for the last few yrs I have had white-winged blackbirds in my backyard. This year they came approx April lst and are feeding there as we speak. They are beautiful and very non agressive...I am happy to see them come each year
Bob Wheeler 14-Jul-2009 13:52
We have seen a white winged black bird in england where we live. Date 12 Jul 09
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