My companion said "That's a red-winged blackbird.".    From Wordnik.com.  [What is this bird?] Reference

The red-winged blackbird is an own cousin of mine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories of Birds] Reference

That red-winged blackbird, nesting in the willow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference

I got pecked in the head once by a red-winged blackbired.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Just In: PistaDex.com Launches!] Reference

The red-winged blackbirds gave a wonderful farewell chorus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bird Stories] Reference

But it is not a red-winged blackbird, or even a meadowlark.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cruel Deception]

Timeless above a cornfield, a red-winged blackbird whistled.    From Wordnik.com.  [There Will Be Time]

In the swamps or marshes were countless red-winged blackbirds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico] Reference

"A red-winged greenbird!" the girls exclaimed, delighted anew.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pet Peeve]

By the way, the red-winged blackbirds are fierce this nesting season.    From Wordnik.com.  [By the way, | clusterflock] Reference

Agelaius phoeniceus – red-winged blackbird, Falmouth, Massachusetts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Panda's Thumb: March 2010 Archives] Reference

Both birds are part of a recent radiation of small, red-winged turacos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ethiopian montane forests] Reference

Khisanth spotted a red-winged blackbird springing from a withered cattail.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Black Wing]

Climate change creates dramatic decline in red-winged black bird population.    From Wordnik.com.  [November 13th, 2006] Reference

I'll have to pay more attention -- we see the red-winged ones all the time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sun tanning.....] Reference

A red-winged blackbird, disturbed by the intrusion, clattered away in alarm.    From Wordnik.com.  [beneath an opal moon]

Spring and summer are full of wildflowers and chirping red-winged blackbirds.    From Wordnik.com.  [150 Cheap Places to Live] Reference

Above a marsh red-winged blackbirds chased a crow in a swift melodrama of the air.    From Wordnik.com.  [Main Street] Reference

The wind swept down on her, and she glided along like a red-winged bird on the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventurous Four Again]

Wildlife: Turtles are sharing the log in the lake with ducks and red-winged blackbirds.    From Wordnik.com.  [View from the Northern Border] Reference

Needless to say, our stuffed bird red-winged black bird has been patched up several times.    From Wordnik.com.  [Agelaius phoeniceus - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

No robins yet, although they and the red-winged blackbirds have been reported in the area.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business as usual] Reference

Her favorite birds, I felt certain, were the red-winged blackbird and the scarlet tanager.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza]

Cork drove into marshland where cattails bent under the weight of idle red-winged blackbirds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mercy Falls] Reference

A red-winged hawk quartered back and forth along the border of the trees, hunting the fringes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Knife of Dreams]

In Beebe, New Year's revelers spent the holiday weekend cleaning up dead red-winged blackbirds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Louisiana has mass bird deaths just days after Arkansas] Reference

In North America, these include red-winged blackbirds, great blue herons, otters, and muskrats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Non-tidal marsh] Reference

There were rabbits and red-winged blackbirds and the dog roses have begun to bloom, pink and white.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Into a light that lingers."] Reference

Today it emerged that about 500 red-winged blackbirds and starlings had been found dead in Louisiana.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana] Reference

And in this video, you can hear the red-winged blackbird chirp and clack this video is 34 seconds long.    From Wordnik.com.  [bedstraw and red-winged blackbirds] Reference

It was actually composed of both red-winged blackbirds and European starlings, which commonly roost together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fireworks likely cause of massive Ark. bird kill] Reference

Jim LaCour said that the grackles, starlings, brown-headed cowbirds and red-winged blackbirds had broken beaks and backs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana] Reference

At 11 seconds and 26 seconds, you can hear the red-winged blackbird give its contented purr overall video is 39 or so seconds.    From Wordnik.com.  [bedstraw and red-winged blackbirds] Reference

Several hundred thousand red-winged blackbirds have used a wooded area in the town as a roost for the past several years, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Than 1,000 Dead Birds Fall From Sky In Arkansas] Reference

But if the red-winged blackbird is back, I know the end is near.    From Wordnik.com.  [BellaOnline - The Voice of Women] Reference

These three clues point to none other than the female red-winged blackbird.    From Wordnik.com.  [courierpress.com Stories] Reference

If I see or hear a red-winged blackbird, it will be a happy day in my life.    From Wordnik.com.  [BellaOnline - The Voice of Women] Reference

By Saturday, red-winged blackbirds, grackles, and a mockingbird had joined the party.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference

Courtesy Sharon Sorenson A female red-winged blackbird blends with her marshy surroundings.    From Wordnik.com.  [courierpress.com Stories] Reference