Black, white and red (id pls)!

A couple of these were enjoying a nice rest in the nearby pond...
Pls help with the id.. thanks

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Red-winged blackbird

2n10 wrote in post #15973537
Red-winged blackbird

The male!

Was this taken on the West coast?

This is actually a Tricolored Blackbird, not a Red-winged Blackbird

RWBB have a yellow border on the shoulder, this guy has a white boarder

Birdwatcher86 wrote in post #15973566
Was this taken on the West coast?

This is actually a Tricolored Blackbird, not a Red-winged Blackbird

RWBB actually has a yellow border on the shoulder, this guy has a white boarder

You're right!

Thanks all for the hep with the id! Appreciate it.

Birdwatcher86 wrote in post #15973566
Was this taken on the West coast?

This is actually a Tricolored Blackbird, not a Red-winged Blackbird

RWBB have a yellow border on the shoulder, this guy has a white boarder

This is on the east coast, state of Delaware..

I'm on the east coast too, and the wing color of the Red Winged Blackbird looks just like your images. You can do a search on here, or on Google.

asty80 wrote in post #15974828
Thanks all for the hep with the id! Appreciate it.

This is on the east coast, state of Delaware..

Interesting. I asked if it was sighted on the west coast because the Tricolored Blackbird's range is mainly in California. If you took this on the east coast then it is very unlikely that it is this species. But it isn't impossible because birds have wings and they tend to end up in places they aren't normally found 😄.

SJC from VT wrote in post #15975258
I'm on the east coast too, and the wing color of the Red Winged Blackbird looks just like your images. You can do a search on here, or on Google.

This is intriguing because the white boarder on the epaulette as opposed to the yellow is the main difference between these species. But I am not from this area, so it is out of my zone of knowledge 😀

Do you have any more photos of him with the epaulettes (shoulder patches) more pronounced ? It could help more with the ID

Perhaps the white balance was off for the ambient light? That might show a pale yellow as white with so little of the epaulette showing.

Stephen Stephen wrote in post #15975678
Perhaps the white balance was off for the ambient light? That might show a pale yellow as white with so little of the epaulette showing.

That's a good point Stephen. Could definitely be a lighting issue