Date: 4/30/26 3:33 pm From: Ann Kramer via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Unusual Backyard Migrant: Red-Winged Blackbird
Thank you for the clarification, Dennis, between a juvenile and one year
old.
To be more clear on my question, is it common for a marsh bird to wander
into a sub rural community during migration and is it likely to find its
way to a more suitable habitat eventually on his own?
On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 9:12 AM Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson...>
wrote:
> 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:
>
> Tweets,
> 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.
>
> 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?
>
>
>
> *Ann*
>
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