Black bird with yellow and red

[Leaa]

Hi everyone I have just noticed this bird at my feeder yesterday.  It is about the size of a robin but is all black with a band of yellow on the wings and somewhere there is some red possibly on the inside of the wings that appears only when it flies.  I have checked this site and a few other websites but have had not luck with seeing a picture of this bird.  Thanks

[Bird Brain]

Hi Leaa.  Welcome to the forum.

Sounds like a male Red-winged Blackbird.  Don't let his innocent face fool you!  I've been pecked in the back of the head a few times by these guys.  :shock:  :lol:

The following pix are from Google Images.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3300/342 ... 6b1cb0.jpg

http://k53.pbase.com/o5/76/631676/1/677 ... 8.Red2.jpg

Jo-Anne  

[Leaa]

Thanks Jo-anne!  There are some many types of  "black" birds I find it hard to distinguish them at times from a distance.  Back several months ago I came across a site accidently that showed pictures of various birds and also a small audio clip of the song/chirp of the bird.  But I have been unable to find this site.  But I have found this site which I am very happy to have found especially since its for this region.

[bernie2112]

Two Web sites I use for identifying birds are:

What Bird http://www.whatbird.com

Cornell's All about birds http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/browse.aspx

Both have searchable databases and the results include sound clips.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Bernie