This Spring the Red-Winged Blackbirds came!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5R4wU3VBnc&feature=youtu.be
I don’t know why they have left the Upper End with it’s lush pond and a swampy area, but they have. When they came (and they are still here) the Western Meadow Larks and all the other birds left for the Upper End, although yesterday I saw Robins on the Western side of the house and yard.
I’m not complaining I love their cheerful little songs and watching them flit and fly from branches to my feeding stations.
They are most joyful birds, don’t you agree?
Your friend,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
How odd – ours have left the pond and are in the yard more than usual this year, too!
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Humm, it is odd. I wonder what gives?
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I love those little guys, especially their song. c
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Me too. Now my yard is full of their songs
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Linda, love the sound and the flash of their red wings. When we water in the morning they are right there seeing if there is a choice bite to eat. The air is alive with the sound of the Meadowlark, Dove, etc. We are even blessed with wild turkeys, though now they are paired up. Of course they don’t have a song.
Your picture at the top makes me feel like that would be what Heaven is looks like. Sunrise or sunset, it is lovely.
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We get most of our birds in the winter. Then they fly to the mountains for the summer.
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And maybe on to us 🙂
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Without a doubt Red Wings signal that spring has truly arrived. Nice picture at the top!
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Thanks, One Fly! It’s nice to have spring again
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Although we have some birds that stay year-round, it really is a pleasure to hear all of the songbirds singing in the early morning. Spring is glorious in so many ways.
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Spring is glorious! I love every second of it!
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Definate springtime then!
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With song birds in the air, we are finally there!
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Our swallows are back and many of our Summer visitors are beginning to arrive – the warblers especially – they all have a beautiful song.
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No swallows here yet, but I’m ready when they come!
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I love birds; love to watch them fly, listen to them sing and chatter. That’s the thing I miss most about the prairie.
The short time we lived in KS (Great Bend), we lived very close to the Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Preserve (Quivira Refuge).
During the spring and fall, the migrations were absolutely breathtaking as millions of birds streamed across the skies in seemingly well choreographed ballets. All against the backdrop of bright blue skies, or the red sunsets is something you just don’t forget.
The Red Wing Blackbirds were always the most stunning, looking like huge, long clouds that would float through the air for miles and miles, sometimes eclipsing the sun.
The flocks were so massive, they would sound like cellophane being crinkled as they flew past, and if they were talking as well, they would almost drown out a normal conversation with the chatter and the flying combined.
No formation flying in this video, but you get an idea just how massive the flocks are.
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Wow! Thank you, BoomerBob! That was beautiful and outstanding. I have sent it on to others to enjoy!
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I have seen red winged blackbirds a lot. I have never heard their sounds. So cheerful!
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They have a most unusual song don’t they? And they have a loud warning cheep also.
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they always remind me of my childhood in wisconsin – walking along the creek and through the farm fields, they sang (and so did the bobolinks.)
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I always think of ‘sing a song of six-pence…”
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I am really enjoying al the bird songs right now too. I never realize how much I miss them until they arrive back!
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Winter is such a droll long time, it robs us of so much.
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It sounds like spring at your house! 🙂
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What a happy sound! I don’t know if we have those here. A sure but fleeting sign of spring here is when we see the bright yellow orioles. Love ’em!
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They all decided to move camp….I wonder why…is there a predator lurking about….i wonder if we shall ever find out
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Beautiful songs. I love our blackbirds here too – they’ll sing such a pretty tune late into the night.
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