Red-winged blackbirds in springtime - Wildlife Gardeners

Gloria · 03-18-2012, 11:18 AM

A narrator included but the film is very nice. For the nature nuts that want to know a little more...

How Nature Works: Red-winged Blackbird Display - YouTube

GonativeAlex · 03-18-2012, 01:17 PM

I love it, nice very nice.

dapjwy · 03-18-2012, 06:18 PM

Great video, Gloria!

I watched it twice because Bekka (one of our cats) started watching it with me.

Great photography and editing...and I learned something: I didn't know the male could/would mate with as many as 15 females in a season!

Birding Bunch · 04-09-2012, 04:31 PM

Our computer doesn't have sound, so I didn't watch the video. We like the Red-winged blackbirds here. We are always tickled when they come to the feeders. Sometimes they try the tube feeder made for much smaller birds. Lately a male has been taking peanuts in the shell, a funny thing to watch. I knew the males had several females but didn't realize that many. I've read he is a good protector guarding their nests.

BeeWonderful · 04-10-2012, 08:35 AM

I just watched this video with my 2 year old on my lap. We both enjoyed it very much! I asked her what birds these are and she said "blackbirds." We have marsh near our home and we do have red winged blackbirds in the area. For me the singing males are one of the first signs of spring.

03-18-2012, 06:18 PM	#3
dapjwy WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pennsylvania	Great video, Gloria! I watched it twice because Bekka (one of our cats) started watching it with me. Great photography and editing...and I learned something: I didn't know the male could/would mate with as many as 15 females in a season! __________________ "If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~

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03-18-2012, 01:17 PM	#2
GonativeAlex Salamander Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Twin Cities, MN	I love it, nice very nice.

04-09-2012, 04:31 PM	#4
Birding Bunch Salamander Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Iowa, USA	Our computer doesn't have sound, so I didn't watch the video. We like the Red-winged blackbirds here. We are always tickled when they come to the feeders. Sometimes they try the tube feeder made for much smaller birds. Lately a male has been taking peanuts in the shell, a funny thing to watch. I knew the males had several females but didn't realize that many. I've read he is a good protector guarding their nests.

04-10-2012, 08:35 AM	#5
BeeWonderful Heron Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Minnesota	I just watched this video with my 2 year old on my lap. We both enjoyed it very much! I asked her what birds these are and she said "blackbirds." We have marsh near our home and we do have red winged blackbirds in the area. For me the singing males are one of the first signs of spring.