Date: 4/30/26 9:23 am From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Unusual Backyard Migrant: Red-Winged Blackbird
Ann, I think it’s too early for juveniles (birds hatched this year), so maybe it’s a one-year-old male. Many but perhaps not all of them breed.
Dennis Paulson
Seattle
> On Apr 29, 2026, at 5:06 PM, Ann Kramer via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
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> I have a question about a juvenile Red-Winged Blackbird who has made my backyard his home for the past week. I thought he had left a few days ago but since then realized he frequents my backyard only when the sun is out. So he's back again today. I suspect he might be spending time near one of the marshy areas less than a mile from here. I'm still pretty new to this area and am used to Western Tanagers, Warblers and Evening Grosbeaks passing through in the Spring, but not marsh birds.
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> I have an acre, tons of native trees in the back third, lots of natives in the front yard. But this is by no means a marsh. As the Wetlands I used to frequent when I lived in California was lousy with thousands of RWBB's, I love listening to his call but I'm concerned he is lost. There was another adult male with him the first few days, but he seems to have left now. Should I be concerned or should I trust he will find his way to his destination even without the company of his elder?
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