Get facts about the red-winged blackbird, a black bird with red and yellow wings that is a sign of spring. Learn about their call, nest and more.

Although winter officially left only a few days ago, spring has been in the air for at least a couple weeks with many sights sounds, and even smells telling us so. Probably the most common of sounds ...

Sometimes I like to nerd out on a specific bird. The challenge is to learn something new, and I always do. Today's focus is the red-winged blackbird, a perfectly named harbinger of spring in northern ...

Cold, cruel and unrelenting, February has come and gone. The skating rink that covered our walkway has finally been chipped away. Persephone, the goddess of spring is waiting in the wings, amusing ...

You could call them “warriors of the wetland.” Or “meanies of the marsh,” even “bullies of the bulrushes.” Or you could call them by their name, red-winged blackbirds. With shiny black feathers and a ...

This is the first time in a couple of years that we have a landscape devoid, or nearly devoid, of snow during the second half of March. The last two springs were slow to arrive, but this year the ...