Bird sounds courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Learn how to identify a European starling. Males are almost all black with bright red and yellow wing epaulets. Throughout their large range ...

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

Spring migration for birds will be ramping up in Wisconsin in the coming weeks. Which species says spring has arrived?

Farmers’ Almanac has predictions Among the first bird species to return to Michigan each year, the red-winged blackbird is a telltale sign of spring. If you’d like to go looking for these ...

One of the most abundant birds in North America, the red-winged’s count was estimated at 190 million in the mid-1970s. Populations are stable.