Red-winged blackbirds are dive-bombing residents of one Toronto neighbourhood, swooping down and pecking at their heads, but ...

Carolus Linneaus, a Swedish scientist, gave the red-winged blackbird its scientific name, Agelaius phoenicus, in 1766. The ...

Red-winged blackbirds vexed me when I first started birding. Not the males. They’re easy. They have that sleek all-black ...

While their aggressive behaviour can rattle unsuspecting passersby, red-winged blackbirds are essential to the local ecosystem.

No bird is too big to escape attack by red-winged blackbirds rigorously defending their territory. Whether it's humans walking by on a path or turkeys feeding nearby, these two-ounce tyrants don't ...

MCGUIRE: Red-winged blackbirds are a sure sign spring is coming, or at least they used to be. HITCHCOCK: It was always, you know, kind of the first week of March red-wing blackbirds would come back.