This male Brewer's Blackbird male was in a newly mown section of the San Antonio Open Space Preserve in Los Altos, California on a mostly overcast and breezy day. His mate was in a tree overhead. The male Brewers Blackbird is described in my "Stokes Field Guide to Birds" book, as: Black with purplish gloss on the head and greenish gloss on the body; pale yellow eye. FEMALE: Grayish brown; dark eye. Before I started photographing birds I would have described the male as black and the female as brown. :-)
Please be sure to notice the very black triangular area around the eye of the male. I'm embarrassed to say I've seen Brewer's Blackbirds for about 50 years and never noticed.
The male EXIF was 1/400 at f/5.6, exposure bias: 1.7, ISO 400, 400mm. The female EXIF was 1/800 at f/5.6, exposure bias: 1.3, ISO 400, 400mm.