[Length 13 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Least Bittern was photographed at Anahuac NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 15, 2005)

[Length 13 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Least Bittern was photographed at Anahuac NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 15, 2005)

[Length 13 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Least Bittern was photographed at Port Aransas Birding Center, Port Aransas, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=300mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: March 4, 2006)

[Length 13 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Least Bittern was photographed at Port Aransas Birding Center, Port Aransas, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=300mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: March 4, 2006)

[Length 13 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Least Bittern was photographed at Port Aransas Birding Center, Port Aransas, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=300mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: March 4, 2006)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 15.5 in.]

Brewer's Blackbirds breed throughout most of the western US, across the northern US as far east as the Great Lakes, and in southwestern Canada. In winter they withdraw from the northern portions of their range and settle into Mexico and across the southern US. Males are distinguished from other blackbirds by their yellow eyes (although the Rusty Blackbird also has yellow eyes) and glossy greenish body and purplish head, and from grackles by their shorter "blackbird" bills and tails. This male Brewer's Blackbird was photographed at Arapaho NWR in Walden, Colorado. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1992)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 15.5 in.]

This female Brewer's Blackbird was photographed along the California coast near Carmel, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1981)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 15.5 in.]

This male Brewer's Blackbird was photographed in the foothills near Arroyo Grande, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: November 1997)