Saturday, June 20, 2020

Female Red-winged Blackbird

FEMALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, MAY 7, 2020

Pentax K-3
Pentax 55-300 at 300mm
1/800 sec. f8
ISO 400

For the longest time I thought this was a Pine Siskin, a sparrow-sized finch with identical markings and a sharp pointed beak, but when I realized it was actually a lot larger (robin sized) than I remembered, it had to be a female red-winged blackbird.

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