Blackbirds

Bird with brown and blue plumage on a white background

Brown-headed Cowbird

Molothrus ater

Lays its eggs in other birds' nests and lets them do the raising.

Bird with iridescent plumage on a white background

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

Walks with intent, glinting bronze and purple in the right light.

Bird with colorful plumage on a white background

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Mimics phones, hawks, and other birds. All 200 million descend from one release in 1890.

Black bird with a red and yellow patch on its wing against a white background

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Returns first each spring and claims the marsh loudly.

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