Red-winged Blackbirds

[kodis556]

Saw 1000's of them around Rome area yesterday. Wife says they're Starlings.

 

[jmartinroe]

I just uploaded two pictures taken this morning by our suet. Hard to tell but they sure look to be red-winged blackbirds.

 

[fattboyzz]

Chootem chootem

 

[ADAduckhuntr]

They taste like chicken.


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[ADAduckhuntr]

"Chinese Fried Pigeon (Squab) - The Woks of Life" https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-fried-pigeon-squab/

 

[GeauxLSU]

I've had red-wing gumbo. More than once. Blackbird hunting as a kid was definitely a thing.

 

[sams]

OP has the identification correct.

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD​

- note small red patch on wing. Females browner with pale stripes through eye and streaked breast.
The Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae, found in most of North America. These birds breed from Alaska and Newfoundland south to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and central Mexico, and winter as far north as Pennsylvania and British Columbia.

 

[Coach]

Haven't see many Redwing Blackbirds in GA. But the corn fields were full of them in PA.

 

[MacTavish]

There is a flock of some 50+ redwings in my yard too.

 

[Tazz]

Haven't see many Redwing Blackbirds in GA. But the corn fields were full of them in PA.

Used to see these a lot in the 60’s & 70’s at my Granddad’s cabin at Clearwater Lake in Raymond. Haven’t noticed any in a while, don’t see Blue Jays much anymore either. They were everywhere when I was a kid, they’d dive bomb ya if you walked close to a tree with a nest in it. lol!