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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

BREEDING MALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD PUFFING ITS REDDISH EPAULETTES TO ATTRACT A FEMALE MATE, CELERY FIELDS, PALMER BLVD, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 4/18/2022

   During breeding season male Red-winged Blackbirds will puff up their reddish epaulets and hunch their shoulders to attract a mate. In the first two photos the blackbird has started to hunch its shoulders and by last photo its shoulders are hunched and it epaulets are puffed up.  The male Red-winged Blackbird also use the puffing up of their epaulets to mark their territory.




 

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