Maybe it has some leucistic genes expressing themselves, along with being a young male.
Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone On Apr 23, 2021, at 7:52 AM, Liz Brown <e...@cornell.edu<mailto:e...@cornell.edu>> wrote: No, it's definitely a red-winged blackbird. My best guess is that it's a juvenile male transitioning into adult plumage, but the clear division between the black and the streaky salmon is odd, and the noticeably white tail. ________________________________ From: Jill Holtzman Leichter <j...@cornell.edu<mailto:j...@cornell.edu>> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 7:01 AM To: sarah fern <fernsara...@gmail.com<mailto:fernsara...@gmail.com>>; Liz Brown <e...@cornell.edu<mailto:e...@cornell.edu>> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Oddly colored red-winged blackbird Orchard oriole? Jill Leichter Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: bounce-125569724-87248...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:bounce-125569724-87248...@list.cornell.edu> <bounce-125569724-87248...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:bounce-125569724-87248...@list.cornell.edu>> on behalf of sarah fern <fernsara...@gmail.com<mailto:fernsara...@gmail.com>> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 6:39:34 AM To: Liz Brown <e...@cornell.edu<mailto:e...@cornell.edu>> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Oddly colored red-winged blackbird 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<mailto: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: 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: 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/ --
