The red-winged blackbird, at home in cattail vegetation of Minnesota’s bountiful wetlands, lakes and rivers, is a welcome ...

Nature: Venomous madtom catfish a lesser known species in Ohio that packs a punch Rusty blackbirds breed far to the north of Ohio, over the length and breadth of the boreal forest. They nest from ...

While its big breeding colonies make the species seem abundant to casual observers, the blackbird's gregarious nesting behavior renders these colonies vulnerable to large-scale failures. In ...

Nesting takes place in native emergent marshes, silage and other grain fields, thickets of the introduced Himalayan blackberry, and other flooded and upland habitats. RANGE: The historical breeding ...

The blackbirds should be showing up any day now. I’m on the lookout. When the blackbirds are back in town it means spring is coming. Or at least the blackbirds seem to think so. I watch for them every ...

The young also have the strength in their wings and feet to swim, should they fall out of the nest and into water. “Researchers have observed baby blackbirds swimming until they can get to a ...