Birds in the Hands
by Jennie Breeze
Title
Birds in the Hands
Artist
Jennie Breeze
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Photograph - Original Img_1956
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Photograph taken in Seattle of the 'bird lady' holding and feeding a red winged black bird. The Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North and much of Central America. It breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland south to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, and Guatemala, with isolated populations in western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, and northwestern Costa Rica. It may winter as far north as Pennsylvania and British Columbia, but northern populations are generally migratory, moving south to Mexico and the southern United States. Claims have been made that it is the most abundant and best studied living bird in North America. The Red-winged Blackbird is sexually dimorphic; the male is all black with a red shoulder and yellow wing bar, while the female is a nondescript dark brown. Seeds and insects make up the bulk of the Red-winged Blackbird's diet.
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