My guide to birds of Europe says Redwing breeds in Scotland and winters in the rest of Britain. I'm sure it's a fun bird to see, but it would not make headlines. Their red is on the sides and wing lining. The Redwing shows actual white on the brow and chin. Female Red-winged Blackbirds are more tawny on the brow to even orange on the lores and chin, as shown in the photos in the article. Like other of our common birds, the female Red-winged Blackbird is a good bird to study to think about details of plumage. --Dave Nutter
> On May 2, 2017, at 10:49 AM, Bill Mcaneny <bmcane...@fltg.net> wrote: > > To clarify (or to add to the confusion), there is a migratory thrush in > Europe that goes by the name of REDWING. It is not clear to me that the bird > in the report from Scotland is a Redwinged BLACKBIRD. The REDWING looks > superficially like the female blackbird, being brown, sort of stripey, and > showing a white eye-line. It may be unusual or even rare in Scotland, > causing some excitement. BTW, the Redwing is in the same family (turdus) as > the American Robin. Glad to be of help. > > Bill McAneny > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
