Female Red-winged Blackbird

Airedale1 · 04-21-2012, 12:19 AM

Today I went back to Abenaki Pond in Wolfeboro and got a few images of a female Red-winged Blackbird. I spotted this one today and discovered very shortly afterwards that getting the shots caused me to be covered in ticks. I got them all though before they got me. I had 7 ticks on me and I did not venture very far into the brush. I actually stayed on the outskirts, but there must be tons of them there. I was not even out of my vehicle for more than 5 minutes. I guess that is all that it takes. Anyways here is an image of the female that I got today. Their appearance is quite different from their male counterparts.

The male RWBB has always been a nemesis bird for me. They are so skittish and when I finally manage to get one in my viewfinder, they are a real challenge to expose properly. I can never seem to get the whole bird looking good. It is very difficult for me to get the red and yellow to not look like a blob and on the rare occasion when I manage to get the red and yellow looking good the rest looks like crap. Here is the only image of a male that I have been able to get in which I was happy with the exposure. This one is from a few years back.

Greene's Basin Girl · 04-21-2012, 02:01 AM

I have always thought that red-wing blackbirds are quite beautiful!

Rattlesnake Gal · 04-21-2012, 05:20 AM

I had no idea of what the female looked like. She is very pretty. Great shots of both. Sorry you were attacked by ticks - ick!

04-21-2012, 12:19 AM	#1
Airedale1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Laconia Posts: 595 Thanks: 557 Thanked 1,569 Times in 274 Posts	Female Red-winged Blackbird Today I went back to Abenaki Pond in Wolfeboro and got a few images of a female Red-winged Blackbird. I spotted this one today and discovered very shortly afterwards that getting the shots caused me to be covered in ticks. I got them all though before they got me. I had 7 ticks on me and I did not venture very far into the brush. I actually stayed on the outskirts, but there must be tons of them there. I was not even out of my vehicle for more than 5 minutes. I guess that is all that it takes. Anyways here is an image of the female that I got today. Their appearance is quite different from their male counterparts. The male RWBB has always been a nemesis bird for me. They are so skittish and when I finally manage to get one in my viewfinder, they are a real challenge to expose properly. I can never seem to get the whole bird looking good. It is very difficult for me to get the red and yellow to not look like a blob and on the rare occasion when I manage to get the red and yellow looking good the rest looks like crap. Here is the only image of a male that I have been able to get in which I was happy with the exposure. This one is from a few years back. __________________ "The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." Nelson Henderson (1865-1943)

04-21-2012, 05:20 AM	#3
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Rwbb I had no idea of what the female looked like. She is very pretty. Great shots of both. Sorry you were attacked by ticks - ick!

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04-21-2012, 02:01 AM	#2
Greene's Basin Girl Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 1,515 Thanks: 394 Thanked 527 Times in 269 Posts	I have always thought that red-wing blackbirds are quite beautiful!