I caught this at San Luis Obispo, CA this afternoon...
<a href="https://www.birdsinbackyards.net/%3Ca%20href%3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/colleen_and_phil/9753955941/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/colleen_and_phil/9753955941/" title="IMG_0297_DxO.jpg by Phil in CA, on Flickr"><img src="https://www.birdsinbackyards.net/%3Ca%20href%3D"http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7314/9753955941_ce7597ce15_c.jpg">http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7314/9753955941_ce7597ce15_c.jpg" width="800" height="534" alt="IMG_0297_DxO.jpg"></a>
I don't know why this image isn't showing up... maybe someone can tell what went wrong?
Thanks, Phil
I don't think that's a blackbird.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/colleen_and_phil/9753955941
- soakes
soakes
Olinda, Victoria, Australia
How about this capture? Any thoughts?
IMG_0322_DxO.jpg by Phil in CA, on Flickr
Here's the original image... I figured out what went wrong with the first attempt. My bad...
IMG_0297_DxO.jpg by Phil in CA, on Flickr
and another view
IMG_0298_DxO.jpg by Phil in CA, on Flickr
Can't help with ID, but the great pics should make it easy for someone to help.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
Hi Phil, if the bird in the first Photo is the same as the others, then it is a Red-winged Blackbird.
You can clearly see the bit of red on the wing.
M-L
What a pretty bird
thanks for sharing it!
Obviously I didn't read the subject line properly.
I don't know anything about Californian blackbirds!
- soakes
soakes
Olinda, Victoria, Australia
That's how I found it soakes, just ask google
I put in Californian black birds. And, bingo, there was the Red-winged Blackbird.
Hope Phil will be happy with the ID?
M-L
Thanks, all... soakes, Armenta, rawshorty, Elsie!
There were about 20, or so, of these birds flocking together, so I can't be positive that this is the "same" bird. But, they were mostly like this example. If memory serves, there were some adult redwings, too. I am going back to that set and see what else there is that I may have captured and don't remember. I will post other pics, if I find anything different.
Phil