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18-MAY-2014 Vern Rogers (fotabug fotos)

Colorful Redwing Blackbird

The Redwing Blackbird is such a beauty! We see them in Alton Baker Park and Delta Ponds this time of year singing for a mate. I captured this one in what I consider a very pretty setting.
What really threw me was the coloring of the female. She doesn't look at all like the male, being a rather drab brown coloration. To see the male and female check out this site - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-winged_Blackbird

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Judith Barnett30-May-2014 18:48
As colorful as this bird is it can still hide in the foliage. It takes the view a seond loo to see this lovely bird amongst the foliage.
John Ewing22-May-2014 06:21
He is a beauty. The ones I saw in CO were straight red/black rather than that lovely yellow/red fade.
Steve Thuman21-May-2014 03:18
A lovely specimen
woody3420-May-2014 05:28
Beautiful, the colours, light and presentation are outstanding...V
Marcia Rules20-May-2014 02:35
very gorgeous light you nailed here! V
Carl Carbone20-May-2014 02:34
Wow, it's almost three dimensional! Nicely captured.
JSB PHOTOGRAPHS20-May-2014 02:15
Such a pretty shot Vern!
waterfalls man20-May-2014 01:55
Beautiful Shot V!!
Tom Munson20-May-2014 00:55
Beautiful red-wing image.
albutler20-May-2014 00:42
Great catch of this bird that saves his exposures for his potential mates.
Yi Feng19-May-2014 23:46
Gorgeous shot! Beautiful light!
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography19-May-2014 23:33
Excellent shot, beautiful colors, Voted.
Irene Wehrli19-May-2014 19:11
Such a beauty in this wonderful setting!
Irene
Stephanie19-May-2014 16:55
Nicely captured image of this male Vern! The sexes of these birds are like night and day, aren't they?
parrothouse19-May-2014 15:40
They tend to be seen close to water, lots of them in this part of the country. They are somewhat elusive. Good catch.
Tom LeRoy19-May-2014 14:44
This is really beautiful! V
Walter Otto Koenig19-May-2014 14:35
Cool find. Great job photographing this difficult subject. "V"
Jim Coffman19-May-2014 12:13
A pretty capture of this little beauty!
Jack Hoying19-May-2014 10:59
That's a great looking bird! We have one pair that frequent out feeder.
Yvonne19-May-2014 10:58
We only have the plain black ones here, this one is so spectacular with the band of red! v
Hank Vander Velde19-May-2014 10:54
Beautiful well composed image Vern.
Roger Bailey19-May-2014 10:40
A colourful bird, a great image.
Helen Betts19-May-2014 08:28
Love the color and light here, and quite an attractive composition as well.
Anitta19-May-2014 07:18
Such a fabulous shot of this pretty bird! V
NealyBob19-May-2014 06:06
Great shot of this beauty~! Hard to believe the females are Red Wing Blackbirds~!V
John S 19-May-2014 05:54
Beautiful capture
Bea.19-May-2014 04:52
Great colours.
Paul Milholland19-May-2014 04:40
You got him with all three of the colors showing. Well done.
Ruth Voorhis19-May-2014 04:35
Lovely catch, Vern.
paplvr19-May-2014 04:08
I love this bird! THey are so pretty with such a pretty call. Nice surrounds. Linda S
joseantonio19-May-2014 04:01
Love that touch of red.V.
Laura Milholland19-May-2014 03:49
That is a gorgeous shot of him, Vern! I think your area tends to have more of the ones with the bit of yellow showing under the red. We sometimes see that, but not too often. V
J Ponces19-May-2014 03:34
Beautiful! And I particularly like the fact it is partially hiding on the red branches! V
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