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Offline markts

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What kind of Bird is this
« on: June 08, 2009, 09:11:38 PM »
This bird has been hanging out near my house for days. The pic is not the best as you cannot see the side of its neck, which has bright orange markings on each side. This bird looks like black velvet with the bright orange. Thanks for any help. Mark
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Re: What kind of Bird is this
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2009, 09:13:55 PM »
Red winged blackbird?
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Re: What kind of Bird is this
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2009, 09:15:11 PM »
Can't see a pic.  Is it a little tiny bugger, mainly black with orange, hangs out near hardwood leaves?  I'm guessing a male American redstart - try googling an image and see if that is him.
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Re: What kind of Bird is this
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2009, 09:16:11 PM »
Give PB a cigar!  The tricolor blackbird variant, near as i can tell.
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Re: What kind of Bird is this
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2009, 09:19:00 PM »
I will try to get a side shot of it tommorrow. Mark
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Re: What kind of Bird is this
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2009, 09:46:48 PM »
It's a red winged blackbird. 
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Re: What kind of Bird is this
« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2009, 10:26:49 PM »
 :yeah:
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Re: What kind of Bird is this
« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2009, 10:58:58 PM »
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Re: What kind of Bird is this
« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2009, 11:51:59 PM »
It's a Red-winged Blackbird, as the range of the Tricolored doesn't really extend up into our state.  Here's a pic of one to help confirm it's identity.  This is what it looks like, right?
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Re: What kind of Bird is this
« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2009, 06:13:16 AM »
You FLUNK MARK.  You said the size of a sparrow.  :)

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Re: What kind of Bird is this
« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2009, 06:27:46 PM »
I dont know my birds sorry Bone :bash: That is what it looks like. One that I saw seemed to have a much larger brilliant orange patch.???Mark
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Re: What kind of Bird is this
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2009, 06:52:41 AM »
Very Cool birds... the other day my daughters and I were laughing our butts off watching 3 of them absolutly torment a redtailed hawk that took perch in a cottonwood near these guys nesting area... he finally flew away and these little suckers dive bombed him for another 500 yards at least in flight...

There is also one outside my office near a sidewalk that dive bombs people when they walk by... VERY territorial during breeding/nesting season...

They have a beautiful call too....
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Re: What kind of Bird is this
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2009, 06:58:33 AM »
Immature males have them but not as fully colored as a mature male.  You might have been watching a mature male.  Plus they will flare them a bit when showing off.  THem and the Yellowheads tend to nest near water, especially marsh.  Brewers which are much more "boring" in regards to color, but fun to watch antic wise, tend to be more suburban, in the arborvidae "type" bird.  They also love to attack passerbys.  The red winged probably has the nicest sound.  Yellowheads are borderline obnoxious. 
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Re: What kind of Bird is this
« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2009, 07:12:19 AM »
They are cool birds. We used to have some that would eat out of our hands at work about 20 years ago. They have a very distint call esp around breeding time.
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Re: What kind of Bird is this
« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2009, 08:19:05 PM »
they sing one of my fav songs...always reminds me of fishing as a boy on Sunday lake.
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