Red-winged Blackbird Bird Perched On Duck Nest Box, Walton County Georgia USA Stock Photo

Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, bird singing on top of a wooden bird house duck box in Monroe, Walton County, GA. One of the most abundant birds across North America, and one of the most boldly colored, the Red-winged Blackbird is a familiar sight atop cattails, along soggy roadsides, and on telephone wires. Glossy-black males have scarlet-and-yellow shoulder patches they can puff up.