Red-Breasted Blackbird in Central Florida

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Posted by Teresa Hall on 15:31:56 04/15/09

Monday morning (4/13/09) I saw what distinctly appeared to be a Red-Breasted Blackbird on the low telephone wire in my backyard. It flew away when I moved to get my camera. A regular blackbird was a few feet away from him perched on the same wire. He had the same body size/shape/color etc but for his brilliant scarlet chest. Found a picture of a RBB online and am convinced this is the same bird. It was suggested that I report this unusual sighting on WhatBird.com since it's territory is Costa Rica and South America.

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• Re: Red-Breasted Blackbird in Central Florida - Kay 12:35:09 04/17/09 (1)
  • Re: Red-Breasted Blackbird in Central Florida - Teresa 11:47:07 04/18/09 (0)
• Did you consider Scarlet Tanager? - Rock Jetty 16:40:08 04/15/09 (2)
  • Re: Did you consider Scarlet Tanager? - Georgiana 19:31:45 04/15/09 (1)
    • Re: Did you consider Scarlet Tanager? - Teresa 17:04:15 04/16/09 (0)

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