10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2014
More than 99% of the population of Tricolored Blackbirds ( Agelaius tricolor ) live within the state of California and form the largest colonies of any North American passerine bird 1. The Results of the 2014 Tricolored Blackbird Statewide Survey confirm that this species is in rapid decline. Click on photos for full sized images.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2013
For a birder, a sighting of a Tricolored Blackbird is a treat. In these situations, the birds have been treated like pests and targeted for extermination, or lost their eggs and nestlings to harvesting of the fields. All photos by Keiller Kyle, courtesy of Audubon California.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2020
And then there are those startling bright red eyes, which distinguish them from all other blackbirds in my region, and make them look quite capable of peering into your soul and taking over your will. I’m not particularly proud of these photos. A cool, slightly spooky blackbird versus a muddy-looking blackbird?
10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2024
Unlike the Common Cuckoo, the young GSC doesn’t eject its foster parents’ eggs or chicks from the nest, but is reared alongside them. Blackbirds and Wrens are common, and you will find Grey Wagtails on the streams. Apparently if there’s more than one GSC chick in a nest, the younger one is likely to starve.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2013
I know this not from the gradual appearance of robins, grackles, and blackbirds around me, but rather from the fact that our local schools are about to embark on spring break. We won’t be leaving town until after the weekend, but plan to celebrate Easter the way we always do: egg hunt, baskets, and a nice hike.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Hints of potential warming in the HBW species description: “Date of first egg-laying on Honshu now 7 days earlier than it was 25 years ago” There are also quite a few Cuckoos. A juvenile Chinese Blackbird. Oh, to be young and molting again! Advice to them: Things can only get better.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 14, 2018
Flock after flock of blackbirds, ducks, geese, raptors flapping their way north. If you already know the songs of American Robin and Eurasian Blackbird , then you already know what the national bird is doing. It eventually warms up but in the meantime, it’s good birding anyways. But that’s up in the temperate north.
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