Around this time of year, male red-winged blackbirds are at the peak of their beauty - and their aggressiveness. Just ask anyone who's been divebombed by a protective feathered father. Males fluff ...

Carolus Linneaus, a Swedish scientist, gave the red-winged blackbird its scientific name, Agelaius phoenicus, in 1766. The ...

NORTH MANKATO — Maddy Olsen was just minding her own business — having a pleasant stroll through the bucolic surroundings of North Mankato’s Spring Lake Park — when the brutal attack occurred. “I was ...

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Things are looking up with the arrival of spring. Red-winged blackbirds are showing up and starting to “sing for the girls” ...

In this episode, The Daily reports on red-winged blackbirds, a territorial species that nests along Lake Michigan’s shoreline and is known for attacking passersby. JONAH ROSENBERG: Picture yourself ...

The red winged blackbird arrives in early spring and is likely to be one of the most common birds you see and hear. The males are hard to miss with their red and yellow streak against their glossy ...

Editor's note: This following edition of Nature News is a 2017 column, with 2024 updates, including a reference to our most recent snow storm. An internet outage prevented Susan Pike from writing a ...

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Pot-poureeee, pot-poureeee. One morning, I awake quite early and hear blackbirds singing in that darkest hour just before dawn. I hop out of bed and listen. Yes! Red-winged blackbirds are somewhere ...