This bird is a commonly found bird in the New York State area and I thought this is a more straight forward silhouette that shouldn’t be that hard to identify. I wish everyone luck in identifying this species and be sure to look at the birds posture, bill type, tail shape, feet and any field marks that it might have.
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11 responses so far ↓
threecollie // April 27, 2008 at 5:53 am
RWBB?
David Bell // April 27, 2008 at 9:21 am
Not sure about this but I think the code is RWBL. You can see the stripe on the shoulder :P.
Adam R. Paul // April 27, 2008 at 10:43 am
RWBL is the first thing that came to mind for me too.
AnimalGuy // April 27, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Male Red-winged blackbird
Tim H // April 28, 2008 at 8:55 am
My impression was RWBL too.
And yeah, the “correct” banding code is “RWBL,” because “blackbird” isn’t two words, or hyphenated. But sooooo many people (from what I’ve observed) use “RWBB” (and YHBB, RUBB, etc.) that it’s practically become interchangeable!
Pinar // April 28, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I’m going to guess RWBL too. I see the stripe on the wing/shoulder, the shape of the tail feathers, the way it holds it’s head, the shape of it’s bill and the way it grasps the branch, not to mention the bird is black…
Thank you everyone for the clues to look out for. I’ve never seen one before and didn’t know what to look for.
Tiff // April 28, 2008 at 9:40 pm
I think its some kind of blackbird.Blackbirds are native to most of the world.
aullori // April 30, 2008 at 7:20 pm
I hate to quote others but I’m going there too Redwing BB… only because I’ve seen those buggers from every angle. So how do you teach them to share at the feeders?
Linda Martin // April 30, 2008 at 10:04 pm
My first thought was it is a RWBlackbird.
Chris W // May 1, 2008 at 6:53 pm
It’s a RWBL. You should have made it a Tri-colored. It would have been more interesting… and a bit harder.
mon@rch // May 3, 2008 at 11:05 pm
You all rock and yes this bird was a Red-winged Blackbird. Alpha banding code is RWBL but I would have accepted those other codes you guys used. Good job everyone!
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