Subject: Re: Orange-winged blackbirds?
Date: Apr 2 09:16:21 1997
From: "Eileen O'Connor" - eoc at u.washington.edu


On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Steven Kimball wrote:

> Yesterday I had a whole flock of blackbirds in my yard with orange markings
> on the wings where the red usually is.

first year male redwings are often very orange instead of red....they're
generally not as black either (more of a dark brown)

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