Thursday, March 27, 2014

RED WING BLACKBIRDS, BREWER'S BLACKBIRD MALE, FEMALE


Brewer's male is black, female brown.  Red wing blackbird in foreground.  I learned recently there is a tri-colored blackbird that looks just like the red winged but has a stripe of yellow and then a stripe of white beneath the red patch.  I photographed these three at "The Barn" in Avila, in a tree right above the donkey enclosure.













 FINALLY - I love to photograph starlings but rarely see them.  Here re two hanging on to the donkey's feeding dish and then a red wing blackbird in the dish.  The one's wings were semi opened and he looked brown underneath.  In certain light starlings are gorgeous - iridescent blues, blacks and light wing tips.


2 comments:

cat's momma said...

Love the banner and you got some really good photos at the barn of these birds! I guess I wouldn't have thought you would see them there in such numbers.

Out of Sight L said...

Wow you hit the jackpot on these ones, they are splendid, bravo Sandy