This male red-wing blackbird was very happily singing at dusk despite the wind moving the marsh grasses. While he might not have been bothered by the wind, it made photographing him a bit more challenging. The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North and much of Central America. The common name is taken from the mainly black adult male's distinctive red shoulder patches, or "epaulets", which are visible when the bird is flying or displaying, as he kindly did for me here.
