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Red-wing Blackbird Sighting - Conk-La-Ree! (Original Post)
Donkees
Feb 2022
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Seems only one arrived yesterday, is feasting on shelled peanuts with the grackles
Donkees
Feb 2022
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Walleye
(31,028 posts)1. Beautiful. I can usually find these in the reeds by the bay
Donkees
(31,413 posts)2. Seems only one arrived yesterday, is feasting on shelled peanuts with the grackles
Walleye
(31,028 posts)3. They do hang out with those large flocks of blackbirds
Donkees
(31,413 posts)4. Many more Red-wings are arriving right now, all are singing loudly Conk-La-Ree! :)
It's a warm and sunny day and we're on the cusp of Spring
Walleye
(31,028 posts)5. Nice. Hoping to get out in some warmer weather today myself
applegrove
(118,677 posts)6. Beetles' Blackbird sung in Mi'kmaq (Indigenous Nova Scotia language)
Link to tweet
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Donkees
(31,413 posts)7. A beautiful way to welcome and celebrate their return. Thank you :)
I Hear the Song of the Red Wing Blackbird by Aaron Paquette
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)8. I love them.
One of the first signs of spring!