Red-winged Blackbird singing his heart out, then crickets. #Wordless Wednesday

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub
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49 Responses to Red-winged Blackbird singing his heart out, then crickets. #Wordless Wednesday

  1. Anne's avatar Anne says:
    March 12, 2025 at 7:04 am

    I enjoy those red epaulettes.

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  2. Anne Mehrling's avatar Anne Mehrling says:
    March 12, 2025 at 7:06 am

    I enjoyed red winged blackbirds in New York. I think they are here, but I don’t see them. I liked your photographs.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      March 12, 2025 at 6:04 pm

      Thank you Anne! The males are striking-looking with their coloring and I like their strong song. You’re lucky you got to see and hear them too. Ours just returned here about a week ago. It is always good to hear them as I know Spring is coming soon.

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  3. J P's avatar J P says:
    March 12, 2025 at 8:16 am

    This bird is like some people I know – it’s hard to get a shot with their mouth closed. 🙂

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  4. Kate Crimmins's avatar Kate Crimmins says:
    March 12, 2025 at 8:48 am

    They are beautiful.

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  5. dawnkinster's avatar dawnkinster says:
    March 12, 2025 at 9:40 am

    I love how they sing with their whole bodies.

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  6. singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
    March 12, 2025 at 2:56 pm

    Belting out its favorite song!

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  7. lindalouslife's avatar lindalouslife says:
    March 12, 2025 at 4:04 pm

    I love red-winged blackbirds!

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  8. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    March 12, 2025 at 4:17 pm

    He’s cute, Linda! You caught him singing then he stopped when he noticed you 😁

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  9. Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com's avatar Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com says:
    March 12, 2025 at 5:56 pm

    What a pretty bird! We don’t get them here, unfortunately.

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  10. Bay Photos By Donna's avatar Bay Photos By Donna says:
    March 12, 2025 at 9:26 pm

    I can hear him all the way over here! No wait, that’s my marsh Red-wings! 😉 Fab capture, Linda!

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  11. Sandra J's avatar Sandra J says:
    March 13, 2025 at 8:54 am

    I just love these birds, their song reminds me of spring. 🙂

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      March 13, 2025 at 8:57 pm

      Yes, me too Sandra for the same reason. When I hear them at the Park it is usually early March and I know Spring is just around the corner. I was at Lake Erie Metropark today – they were everywhere at the marsh, singing loudly, but I didn’t get any good photos of them unfortunately.

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  12. trumstravels's avatar trumstravels says:
    March 13, 2025 at 12:13 pm

    I like the Red Winged blackbirds. I don’t like the blackbirds though, it’s funny how that bit of red changes their whole dynamic !

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      March 13, 2025 at 9:15 pm

      I agree with you Susan. Those Red-winged Blackbirds look regal, almost a military look and the Blackbirds are just like “Plain Janes” next to them. 🙂 They are beautiful birds especially when singing when they flare their wings.

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  13. indianeskitchen's avatar indianeskitchen says:
    March 13, 2025 at 7:26 pm

    I love your pictures Linda. Yesterday Terry said they are here because he heard them and today they found the sunflower seed feeder. I spotted the robin in my cabana, guess what that means.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      March 13, 2025 at 9:18 pm

      Thanks Diane! Ours made it to the Park last week and were singing up a storm on the marsh side of the Park and I heard a lot of them today while walking at Lake Erie Metropark. I did know they eat sunflower seeds – did you know they eat peanuts too? They are as bad as the Jays for swiping peanuts from the squirrels. Oh no – a nest in the cabana! I’d better start watching the light over the porch. I kind of forgot about them doing that – it has warmed up, but it still felt like Winter until recently. Let’s hope they decide to build elsewhere. 🙂

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      • indianeskitchen's avatar indianeskitchen says:
        March 16, 2025 at 1:12 am

        I did not know they ate peanuts! Terry knocked down the condominium nest already. They made a nest along 6 feet of the rafters. 😳

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        March 16, 2025 at 4:49 pm

        Yes they do Diane and peanuts in the shell! I could understand the peanut chips, but yes, they’ll grab a peanut and take off with it and come back for more. Unbelievable as to the Robins! That is huge and I’m amazed when I see just how quickly they will build a nest in 24 hours … complete with mud-packed dead grass and move-in ready! I wonder if you put some netting over the rafters if it would help. I thought of that for my light fixtures, but I’m afraid they’ll catch their toenails in the netting and be hanging upside down and I can’t help them. Once it happens once, they won’t do it again, but still ….

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  14. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    March 14, 2025 at 1:21 am

    Great Red-wing shots, Linda! 😊 I finally saw a Seagull today!… first one in many months. I’m wondering if it is alive because of not mingling with others… staying alone and thus not catching the bird flu.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      March 14, 2025 at 9:47 pm

      Thank you Tom! I really like the Red-winged Blackbirds because when they return in early March I know Spring is near. (In fact, a little warmth and Spring-y feeling would be nice, but it got too warm today and that what is causing this spike in severe weather, so I hope you stay safe in this bad stormy weather on Saturday – we get the tail end of it, but 60 mph winds is worrisome.) I was down at the Detroit River today and usually I see lots of Seagulls and only saw about four of them. We had Seagulls flying and swooping down to the water because the shad feeder fish were running at the Park last week. There had to be about 50 of them – everywhere. More seagulls than I’ve seen in a few years. I didn’t have the camera, took it the next day and they have not been back since. I don’t doubt that the bird flu is killing off a lot of the Seagulls as I see them huddling together in close contact in large flocks at the River.

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  15. Barbara Rodgers's avatar Barbara Rodgers says:
    March 14, 2025 at 6:44 am

    Doing his part to fill the air with the sounds of spring! Great captures, Linda!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      March 14, 2025 at 9:53 pm

      Thank you Barbara! He was singing with great gusto and yes, filling the air with his sounds of spring. Our Red-winged Blackbirds returned a week or so and it’s so nice to hear them again.

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  16. Ally Bean's avatar Ally Bean says:
    March 14, 2025 at 9:02 am

    I know these birds are around here, but I rarely see them. They’re so pretty I feel bummed about that.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      March 14, 2025 at 9:57 pm

      You would know if you heard them, even if you didn’t see them, as they have a very loud and strong song. I think they are pretty too Ally. I am glad to see them return in early March every year, then I know Spring is on the horizon.

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  17. Rebecca's avatar Rebecca says:
    March 14, 2025 at 2:55 pm

    I’ve seen some of these around this winter. I can’t wait to hear them belting out their spring mating songs.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      March 14, 2025 at 10:00 pm

      You’re lucky to see them in Winter too Rebecca. Ours always return, like clockwork, the first week of March and I know Spring is near. They do have a good strong voice – you can hear them all over the marsh.

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  18. rajkkhoja's avatar rajkkhoja says:
    March 14, 2025 at 10:16 pm

    Excellent photography. Nice looking Red- winged Blackbird.

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