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I've got a new little bird visiting my back yard this week, a Blackbird. My visitor is a female. How do I know? Well, because Nid told me, not because they are black. Female Blackbirds are not black. They are brown.
Female Cardinals (Virginia State Bird) are brown as well, while the males are a vibrant red. It's not fair to the girls, but at least they aren't called Redbirds that aren't red.
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I've always been jealous that in bird society it is the males that have to be beautiful and strut their stuff. I wish it was the same in the human world. If men had to be the pretty ones it would save me so much work. Oh to be a bird.
Whenever we're at the beach I tend to see two sea gulls. One white, and one mottled brown. I tell my wife that the brown one is the female, but she doesn't believe me. I guess I'll just have to wait to see two side by side to prove it to her.
Thanks for your random bird lesson,
I never knew blackbirds were two different colors - thanks for this fact.
Thanks for the info Jenny! And here in Kentucky, the Cardinal is our State bird as well. How cool!
I entered this site by chance, but I found very interesting. A greeting to all the people who visit this page.
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