Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.

498. Agelaius phœniceus. 9 inches.

An eastern bird, found as far west as the eastern part of the Rockies. Very common in many parts of the east, where it builds much the same as does the previous, laying four or five eggs, bluish white, spotted, blotched and scratched with shades of brown (1.00 × .70).