This looks to me like the bird has some Oriole genes. Same family. Sarah Fern
On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 6:32 PM Liz Brown <e...@cornell.edu> wrote: > I had an oddly colored red-winged blackbird at my feeder today. Head, > breast, and back black like an adult male. Red and yellow epaulets. BUT - > the black breast ends in a pretty clear line, and below that line, the > breast is a streaky salmon color. There's also an additional thin white bar > on each wing, below the epaulet, and lots of white on the tail. > > Any ideas about what's going on? > > Thanks, > Liz > > (Excuse the picture quality - I took them all from inside.) > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S86054818 > > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/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/ --
