How to Use red-winged blackbird in a Sentence

red-winged blackbird

noun

• Heard the red-winged blackbirds whistling from the reeds.
  — Charles W. Gusewelle, kansascity, 16 June 2018
• Odds are good to spot a great blue heron and certainly a red-winged blackbird.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2022
• And a male red-winged blackbird sat tall on a marshy point to the south, its red-and-yellow epaulettes on full display.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2018
• The red-winged blackbird is one of the most abundant birds across North America.
  — Anna Groves, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2018
• The arrival of a red-winged blackbird in the first few weeks of March, for example, is a promising clue that spring is headed to the Northeast.
  — Time, 14 Nov. 2022
• And what a photo: A solitary red-winged blackbird perches atop a leafless shrub.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 24 July 2019
• Come spring, the apple trees burst into bloom in their orchard and flocks of red-winged blackbirds return from travels south.
  — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 8 May 2012
• The results are almost too cute to be real: A red-winged blackbird small enough to serve as a larger predator's breakfast hitches a ride on the back of a bald eagle.
  — Scottie Andrew and Saeed Ahmed, CNN, 9 July 2019
• Last week, a runner at Atwater Beach in Shorewood reported that a red-winged blackbird had swooped at him and made contact with his head.
  — Anna Groves, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2018
• The spokeswoman for the park, Kelly Barkley, said that during the mating season male red-winged blackbirds are fiercely territorial of their nests.
  — Amber Jayanth, Cincinnati.com, 4 June 2019
• Several male red-winged blackbirds occupied their little cattail empires at the pond’s edge.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 4 May 2018
• The red-winged blackbird was selected by McFadden to ease readers outside since these abounding birds can also be found in duckweed swamps and soggy roadsides as well as atop telephone wires.
  — oregonlive, 22 Mar. 2021
• Walrath is not alone: Park spokeswoman Kelly Barkley says that during mating season, male red-winged blackbirds are fiercely territorial of their nests.
  — USA TODAY, 5 June 2019
• Elsewhere, red-winged blackbirds chirp their nasally songs while yellow butterflies flutter over wildflowers peeking through piles of rubble.
  — Ryan Smith, Chicago Reader, 21 May 2018
• Researchers studying yellow warbler responses to the parasitic cowbird realized that red-winged blackbirds were eavesdropping and reacting too.
  — Jason G. Goldman, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 5 Aug 2024