Sometimes I like to nerd out on a specific bird. The challenge is to learn something new, and I always do. Today's focus is the red-winged blackbird, a perfectly named harbinger of spring in northern ...

When Lauren Levinson, now a Weinberg sophomore, was applying to college, she was faced with the task all other high school seniors are: the Common Application essay. Levinson knew just the topic for ...

Cold, cruel and unrelenting, February has come and gone. The skating rink that covered our walkway has finally been chipped away. Persephone, the goddess of spring is waiting in the wings, amusing ...

For proof that the seasons are truly changing, just listen for the unmistakable song of the red-winged blackbird. After spending the colder months living in the southern U.S., these boldly colored ...

Consider the charming call of the red-winged blackbird your warning. “They call to announce that that’s their territory,” said Cory Christopher, director of the Center for Conservation at the ...

The red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, is an icterid, related to many other handsome birds: grackles, cowbirds, meadowlarks, orioles and bobolinks, all of which migrate south for the winter.

Red-wings are found all over North America, barring the very far north and some patches of unlivable habitat. They are here in Juneau, too; two easy places to see them are Kingfisher Pond in the Lemon ...

You could call them “warriors of the wetland.” Or “meanies of the marsh,” even “bullies of the bulrushes.” Or you could call them by their name, red-winged blackbirds. With shiny black feathers and a ...

Idaho has a somewhat surprising 15 species of blackbirds (family Icteridae). There are only 106 species in the family on the entire planet, so that’s not too bad. But five species are accidental ...