Red-winged Blackbird
This Red-winged Blackbird carving was hand-crafted from solid Basswood. The wings of the Red-winged Blackbird are more rounded than those of the Tri-colored Blackbird and the Red-winged usually has a stouter bill. The glossy black male has red shoulder patches that are broadly tipped with buffy-yellow. In perched birds, the red patch may not be visible but only the buffy or whitish border shows. Females are dark brown above and heavily streaked below; somtimes show a red tinge on the wing coverts or pinkish wash on the chin and the throat. The song is a liquid, gurgling konk-la-reee, ending in a trill. The most common call is a chack note. This abundant, aggressive species is often found in immense flocks in the winter. Generally nests in the thick vegetation of freshwater marshes, sloughs, and in dry fields; forages in surrounding fields, orchards, and woodlands.
Reference
National Geographic Field Guide To The Birds of North America, Fifth Edition, Page 444
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