[Length 9 in. Wingspan 15.5 in.]

This male Brewer's Blackbird was photographed at Mission Creek Outflow park, Santa Barbara, California, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: June 28, 2013)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 15.5 in.]

This female Brewer's Blackbird was photographed along the California coast near Carmel, California, USA. 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, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: November 1997)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 15.5 in.]

This male Brewer's Blackbird was photographed at the rest area on Route 77 at Sarita, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 2000)

[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, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1992)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

The male Red-winged Blackbird is distinctive with his glossy black coat, and red epaulets fringed with yellow. Red-winged blackbirds occur in marshes, swamps, and wet meadows and pastures throughout all of the lower 48 United States, and across southern and western Canada. The male's song, often delivered from an exposed perch, is a musical and emphatic KONK-KA-REEEE. He will vigorously defend his territory against intruders, including larger birds such as crows and hawks. This male was photographed defending his territory at Salyer NWR in North Dakota, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1991)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This male Red-winged Blackbird was photographed at Lake Balmorhea, Balmorhea, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: December 21, 2008)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This first year male Red-winged Blackbird was photographed at Laguna Atascosa NWR, Rio Hondo, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: October 30, 2010)