Red-Winged Blackbird

This is a female Red-Winged Blackbird, looking a lot like a very big sparrow.

Here is Mr. Red-Winged Blackbird.

This is his voice:
http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/191788

Here is a poem written about him.

Red-Winged Blackbird

Red-winged blackbird takes the air

Very spruce and debonnaire.

And he flaunts to all beholders

Scarlet feathers on his shoulders.

                                                                             Grace Taber Hallock (1893 - ?) American