Bird on Wire (Page 2): Nice. :thumbup: :thumbup:...

Indrajeet Singh Loc: Goa, India

vicksart wrote:

I believe this is a female Redwing Blackbird since there was a male close by. Anyone care to post a positive ID?

Critiques are always welcome.

Nice.
:thumbup: :thumbup:

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

vicksart wrote:

It might be a large female Brewer's. I couldn't find a pic of a female Red Wing in either of my books and forgot I could "google." Does that make me OLD?

LOL

I received two bird books as gifts recently, and I still use Google, or a Washington State website. There are more images per species than are shown in the books :)

barbedwire Loc: Quesnel, BC Canada

Terrific shots!!! :D

Trabor

CHOLLY wrote:

The beak is wrong a Brown Headed Cow Bird. Besides... these heads are black and not brown. :D

And the tail is too small for a male Common or Boat-Tailed Grackle.

Looks a LOT like a Brewer's Blackbird to me... pale eye and all. BTW, the yellow eye is a characteristic of the very similar and closely related Rusty Blackbird. ;)

OK I give up --change my vote to Brewers Blackbird based on eye color, the Rusty blackbird has a darker head and a slightly curved bill-- the head in the pic sure looks brown to me but lack of yellow eye eliminates cowbird

gregoryd45 Loc: Fakahatchee Strand

vicksart wrote:

I believe this is a female Redwing Blackbird since there was a male close by. Anyone care to post a positive ID?

Critiques are always welcome.

Great shots Vicki you captured the black birds coloring very well. The female redwing is a mottled brown, don't know what this is but you did well

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

CHOLLY wrote:

The beak is wrong a Brown Headed Cow Bird. Besides... these heads are black and not brown. :D

And the tail is too small for a male Common or Boat-Tailed Grackle.

Looks a LOT like a Brewer's Blackbird to me... pale eye and all. BTW, the yellow eye is a characteristic of the very similar and closely related Rusty Blackbird. ;)

Thanks for looking in and trying to sort this one out. I appreciate it.

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

Indrajeet Singh wrote:

Nice.
:thumbup: :thumbup:

Thanks for the thumbs up. I appreciate it but wish I had more colorful birds like yours in India.

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

Linda From Maine wrote:

LOL

I received two bird books as gifts recently, and I still use Google, or a Washington State website. There are more images per species than are shown in the books :)

I'll have to give it a go.

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

barbedwire wrote:

Terrific shots!!! :D

Thank you. I'm glad you liked these.

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

Trabor wrote:

OK I give up --change my vote to Brewers Blackbird based on eye color, the Rusty blackbird has a darker head and a slightly curved bill-- the head in the pic sure looks brown to me but lack of yellow eye eliminates cowbird

The head was somewhat brown.

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

gregoryd45 wrote:

Great shots Vicki you captured the black birds coloring very well. The female redwing is a mottled brown, don't know what this is but you did well

The reason I thought it might be a female redwing was that there was a male near by. When I see Brewer's around, there are usually several at a time. Obviously I don't really know. This is pure speculation.

Thanks for looking and commenting Greg. I always appreciate your input.

angler Loc: StHelens England

Good shots Vicki.

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

angler wrote:

Good shots Vicki.

Thanks for taking time to look and comment Jim. I appreciate it.

HowardPepper Loc: Palm Coast, FL

Nice set of photos Vicki.

Allen Hirsch Loc: Oakland, CA

Blackbirds are tough to photograph because of the blacks, and sometimes hard to ID, too, because of the iridescence of their feathers - so depending how the light hits them, the color can seem completely different.

This is a male Brewer's blackbird:

http://allenh.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v64/p1209778936-3.jpg

and a female Brewer's blackbird:

http://allenh.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v67/p1209780092-3.jpg

I think yours is a female Brewer's blackbird.