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A male red-winged blackbird sings from a reed at Juanita Bay Park in late fall, wings partly spread and brilliant red epaulets fully exposed. While these birds are best known for their loud “conk-la-ree” song and dramatic song-spread displays during the spring breeding season, males also sing outside of nesting time. In autumn the song is often given from exposed perches without the full territorial intensity of spring, yet the visual display of the red shoulder patches remains striking.
The soft, warm background and shallow depth of field isolate the bird, emphasizing the texture of the black plumage and the vivid red-and-yellow epaulets. Captured in the quiet of late fall, the image shows a familiar marsh bird in a less common seasonal moment—still vocal, still displaying, and beautifully detailed.
Printed in-house on premium pearlescent metallic paper with archival pigment inks.
A male red-winged blackbird sings from a reed at Juanita Bay Park in late fall, wings partly spread and brilliant red epaulets fully exposed. While these birds are best known for their loud “conk-la-ree” song and dramatic song-spread displays during the spring breeding season, males also sing outside of nesting time. In autumn the song is often given from exposed perches without the full territorial intensity of spring, yet the visual display of the red shoulder patches remains striking.
The soft, warm background and shallow depth of field isolate the bird, emphasizing the texture of the black plumage and the vivid red-and-yellow epaulets. Captured in the quiet of late fall, the image shows a familiar marsh bird in a less common seasonal moment—still vocal, still displaying, and beautifully detailed.
Printed in-house on premium pearlescent metallic paper with archival pigment inks.