Look & Listen

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Listen for male red-winged blackbird’s distinctive song: “konk-a-reeee”. Look and see where the males are perching, this area is part of their territory. Their nests are woven into plants over water and are extremely hard to spot because they are so well camouflaged.

Bird recordings courtesy of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Male Red-winged Blackbird

Male Red-winged Blackbird

Female Red-winged Blackbird on a nest

Female Red-winged Blackbird on a nest