Red-winged Blackbird Wingspread
by Judi Dressler
Title
Red-winged Blackbird Wingspread
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
It was springtime, and male Red-winged Blackbirds were trilling their mating call everywhere, hoping to woo females and defend their territory. I was just photographing this handsome male, when he spread his wings in take-off. My shutter speed was not very fast due to low light, so the wings have a wonderful ethereal blur to them! You can just see a bit of another bird in the background behind him.
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 or hide depending on how confident they feel. Females are a subdued, streaky brown, almost like a large, dark sparrow. In the North, their early arrival and tumbling song are happy indications of the return of spring.
Photo taken on April 22nd, in Longmont, Colorado
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Comments (147)
Antonis Meintanis
Wonderful Great capture !! very beautiful colours,pose,motion & timing !! 👍 👌👌fav👌
Morris Finkelstein
Revisiting this fantastic portrait of a Red-Winged Blackbird with great timing, pose and wingspread, color, clarity, and composition, Judi! F/L
William Dunigan
Really good work capturing the facial details so sharply with the wings in motion. Very well done!
Gary F Richards
Spectacular composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! Congratulations on your Special Feature! Fl
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #17 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.....L/F/Tw
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
Judi Dressler
Thanks much to the buyer from Erie, CO for purchasing a face mask with this image on 2/13/21!
Bob Christopher
Hi Judi... I like your image. Your gallery is full of wonderful wildlife images and this is a great example of that. Well done... Cheers Bob fv
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Gary F Richards
Congratulations on your Homepage Feature in the All Colorado group! Outstanding artwork! Fl
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Stuart Harrison
I want a Redwing in flight so bad.......maybe one day. Well done Judi I am amazed again. Fav
Morris Finkelstein
Beautiful close up photograph of a Red-Winged Blackbird with great pose, colors, perspective, and composition, Judi! F/L
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