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Do nine-primaried oscines represent 16 different families?

January 20, 2013 by David 11 Comments

Roughly 10 percent of the world’s birds — about a thousand species — are songbirds belong to a group called “nine-primaried oscines,” so named...

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Red-winged Blackbird Harassing a Fish Crow

May 22, 2012 by Corey 1 Comment

While at Flushing Meadows Corona Park near my house in Queens this evening putting my new lens through its paces,* I was entertained by...

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Red-winged Blackbirds

March 14, 2012 by Larry 9 Comments

Just the mention of the name conjures notions of fear and loathing in some folks, like farmers. Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Male (click on...

Inspiration

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

March 3, 2012 by Corey 12 Comments

Wallace Stevens’ “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” is a marvel of modernist poetry. It is only 246 words long, divided into thirteen...

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First Outbreak of Usutu Virus in Germany

February 5, 2012 by Jochen 6 Comments

Okay, I meant to write an entertaining post. I honestly did. But I have been sick with different kinds and forms of cold since the...

News

Pure White Blackbird

January 23, 2012 by Mike 1 Comment

You may already know about this, but I was not aware that a pure white Blackbird (the thrush, not the icterid) can be found...

Birds

The Black Death

September 4, 2011 by Jochen 4 Comments

It was a dark and stormy night. Turdus “Blacky” Merula sat near the trunk of the small evergreen in the backyard that was his...

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Yellow-headed Blackbirds: Conspicuous Wetland Breeders

June 8, 2011 by Larry 8 Comments

Yellow-headed Blackbirds (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) are robin-sized blackbirds found in prairie and mountain meadow wetlands of the western and central United States and Canada. They...

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