In the 20-plus years that I have been working at Wild Birds Unlimited, I cannot think of one occasion where a customer came in asking how to attract more blackbirds to their feeders. People want more ...

While I was going after the mail the other day, a flock of blackbirds settled into the shelterbelt. Most of them were red wings, as far as I could tell, although I didn't examine every individual bird ...

The calendar says that today is in October, but when I step outside this morning for a walk, it looks and feels more like a day in November. A cloudy day with snow on the ground and temperatures in ...

Ten rusty blackbirds dropped into our backyard last week. This was not a surprise, exactly, but it wasn't anticipated. Seeing a rusty blackbird can never be anticipated. This is a species on the brink ...

Thanksgiving morning, I was up early. Our guests were still asleep and I was done with the morning chores. A pot of fresh coffee had been brewed, a fire was crackling happily in the wood stove (front ...

The rusty blackbird’s scientific name is Euphagus carolinus. The genus name, Euphagus (you-fa-gus) means “good to eat.” While few if any modern-day gourmands would contemplate working blackbirds into ...

Three blackbirds are common to the Niagara Frontier during our summers. They are the brown-headed cowbird, the red-winged blackbird and the common grackle. A fourth species, the rusty blackbird, ...

During October, the bird migration has been continuous. Raptors, such as red-tailed hawks, rough-legged hawks and bald eagles, have been flying over. Area lakes hold plenty of ducks and geese as well.

Blackbirds always seem to get a bad rap. As the late Rodney Dangerfield was fond of saying, they “get no respect” in the bird world. I for one would argue that the blackbirds are an amazing group of ...

— “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” by Wallace Stevens After days of rain, nights of wind and electricity restored, pale sunlight slowly illuminates the budding trees, the burgeoning lawn.