Red-winged Blackbird
I heard my first red-winged blackbird today. My official harbinger of Spring!
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A favorite of mine. Great photo, Eliza!
Thank you, Julie. 🙂
I’m jealous!
Soon come, mon! 😉
I too love hearing that first sign of spring! Have already seen some Robins. xo
So nice to hear from you, Bettie! Yay, we’ve made it through another winter – wasn’t so bad after all. 🙂
Very exciting. Enjoy this beautiful season ahead. 🙂
Thank you, Karen. Looking forward to it! (Happy Autumn to you 🙂 )
Great shot of the Blackbird! They do love to sing.
Thank you, Hien!
Good shot. It could have been more sharp i guess 🙂
Yes, I suppose it could have – it was far away and I had to crop it down. But you get the idea!
Ohh then it makes sense.
Graet shot Eliza!
Thank you so much, Mike! 🙂
Hurrah! You should record the sounds of spring for those dark dreary days.
Believe me, I have summer bird CDs that I listen to in winter to give myself a break. They fill my heart with such longing! This website has tiptop recordings: http://langelliott.com Birds, crickets, bullfrogs and spring peepers – delightful!
Nice sounds! So nice that it got the dogs to perk up. Nice videos too.
Yes, the cats and Wren always wonder where the bird is!
Yes, they have just started arriving. One of my favorites of early spring. Later we’ll finally hear our catbirds. 🙂
We’ll see and hear the redwings on our walks soon. I wonder when the catbirds will show up.
It wasn’t such a bad winter, but I am still happy to have it behind us.
Yes, catbirds are your mascots!
Yay!!!!!!! Love them. Beautiful photo and such good news
Thank you, Gigi. Yes, very good news. 🙂
Gorgeous!
Thank you, Cindy. 🙂
I saw the first red, red, robin, just a bob, bob, bobbing along, this morning too. 😀
“Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
So let’s sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again”… ;-D
… and then the rain started up again.
Singin’ in the rain, just singin’ in the rain. 😀
🙂
I detect a lightness of step in the comments. Eliza. Harbinger – isn’t that a great word. May the spring chorus lift your spirits.
Thank you, Liz. Definitely happy winter is behind us!
Well captured
Thank you, Derrick!
..and I hope it is a wonderful spring:)
Thank you! (With plenty of sunshine!)
Yes please:)
He is a striking bird Eliza, that must of been an uplifting song to hear!
I wait for it eagerly every March – definitely lifts my heart! Thank you, Julie.
He is beautiful and it looks like he is making sure everyone knows Spring is here.
A glorious song of spring! Thank you, Adele.
I am very much looking forward to spring!
We can’t wait for the earth to awaken so we can get out there and enjoy it!
It’s beginning to feel promising here, still lots of snow to melt. Anxiously awaiting a dry warm day.
I hear ya, it can never go fast enough.
Love the bird and the header photo. 🙂
Spring in New England! 🙂 Thanks, Judy.
How exciting!! What an excellent shot! I’m so excited for spring. I’ve been enjoying watching bluebirds at my feeders and in the woods. The return of our spring birds is so wonderful. Blessings, Sarah
Thank you, Sarah. This wasn’t as bad a winter as the last couple of years, but spring always cheers the heart!
Yay!!! What a wonderful sight.
A glorious day when I first hear them – it means winter is really over. 🙂
Just lovely. The blackbirds haven’t returned here yet. They make such great subjects!
Thank you, Belinda. I expect yours will be along any day now!
I certainly hope so!
Ours stayed all year this year. Probably because we put out seed. It has been interesting watching the babies turn colors and also to see the glorious epaulets fade to a light color with their new feathers before winter and slowly back to glorious red again. There is a cacophony of their singing down by the pond. Almost deafening! Beautiful shot, Eliza. You really captured it mid song!
Thanks, Mary. The first one or two are a joy to behold. When there are a lot of them, however, it can be quite cacophonous!
The red winged black birds are what I always count on! They are here in flocks and I love to hear them. If they are in your area, Spring must be happening! Now I really want to high tail it back to my garden! I have to fill the feeders, put out water, put up the hummingbird feeders … can’t wait!
They are the earliest I’ve ever seen, I guess due to the mild winter. The rest of the snow in the shadows is sure to melt this week with temps in the 50-60s. Time to head back soon!
I saw blooming crocuses! We still have snowpack, but in the sunny spots, the flowers are bringing their seasonal cheer 🙂
Every little sign is a cause for celebration!
I saw two sitting on old reeds last week – it absolutely made my day! They are a better sign of spring around here than the robins.
I agree, as robins no longer seem to migrate, at least around here.
We don’t see them here for a couple months, but it no longer seems very long. Definitely not the harbinger that they once were.
Climate change for real. When we were kids they were gone for 5 or 6 months. Not any more!
I love these birds. Nice capture, Eliza.
Thank you very much, Jane. Even without the calling, those red epaulets really make these guys stand out!
And he is a handsome fella too!
Thank you, Dor. I’m sure the gals were noticing!
We had a flock swing by at the weekend! Yeah 😎
Woo-hoo! 🙂
Yep and hubby said “They are the harbingers of Spring!”
Thanks so much for sharing this. I remember seeing my first ones in Florida. When I left I knew I was going to miss them so much! They love the marshes, at least in Florida, that’s where I saw them.
Yes, they live in marshes and along rivers. The insects are best there! 🙂
So beautiful! Lovely capture! I’m so happy to see so many signs of Spring! ❤ I love your sense of mindfulness!
Thanks, Kim. Yes, spring is here at last. 🙂
Sweet.
That they are. Thanks for your visit! 🙂
How gorgeous! Lucky you.
Thank you, Fi. It does make my day to hear these newcomers!
So pretty!
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Ana
Thank you for letting me know – I love your posts and wouldn’t want to miss any! 🙂
Thank you so much, Eliza! 🙂
A beautiful song in the air!
Yes, indeed! 🙂
Great capture and nice, soft background! These guys are very vocal and you clicked at just the right time!
Yes, I waited until he called and then clicked! Luckily, it’s a long enough call to catch it. 🙂 Thanks, Denise.
lovely seasonal image 🙂
Thank you, Ann!
Good click!
Thank you!
Yay! Spring’s on its way. I saw some daffodils the other day. They cheered me up a great deal.
Daffs dispel the winter blues quite well, I agree!
What a character he is! 🙂
He believes in himself. 😉 Have a great week!
Ha, totally! 🙂