First summer Red-Winged Blackbirds look quite like Tricolored Blackbirds, but the range for Tricolored birds doesn't extend to the Eastern Sierras. I arrived late in the day at Dirty Socks Springs and tried to capture some last light images of the Red-Winged Blackbirds I found near Olancha in Inyo County California, a few miles east of US-395.
First summer Red-Winged Blackbirds look quite like Tricolored Blackbirds, but the range for Tricolored birds doesn't extend to the Eastern Sierras. I arrived late in the day at Dirty Socks Springs and tried to capture some last light images of the Red-Winged Blackbirds I found near Olancha in Inyo County California, a few miles east of US-395.
First summer Red-Winged Blackbirds look quite like Tricolored Blackbirds, but the range for Tricolored birds doesn't extend to the Eastern Sierras. I arrived late in the day at Dirty Socks Springs and tried to capture some last light images of the Red-Winged Blackbirds I found near Olancha in Inyo County California, a few miles east of US-395.
First summer Red-Winged Blackbirds look quite like Tricolored Blackbirds, but the range for Tricolored birds doesn't extend to the Eastern Sierras. I arrived late in the day at Dirty Socks Springs and tried to capture some last light images of the Red-Winged Blackbirds I found near Olancha in Inyo County California, a few miles east of US-395.
First summer Red-Winged Blackbirds look quite like Tricolored Blackbirds, but the range for Tricolored birds doesn't extend to the Eastern Sierras. I arrived late in the day at Dirty Socks Springs and tried to capture some last light images of the Red-Winged Blackbirds I found near Olancha in Inyo County California, a few miles east of US-395.
First summer Red-Winged Blackbirds look quite like Tricolored Blackbirds, but the range for Tricolored birds doesn't extend to the Eastern Sierras. I arrived late in the day at Dirty Socks Springs and tried to capture some last light images of the Red-Winged Blackbirds I found near Olancha in Inyo County California, a few miles east of US-395.
First summer Red-Winged Blackbirds look quite like Tricolored Blackbirds, but the range for Tricolored birds doesn't extend to the Eastern Sierras. I arrived late in the day at Dirty Socks Springs and tried to capture some last light images of the Red-Winged Blackbirds I found near Olancha in Inyo County California, a few miles east of US-395.
First summer Red-Winged Blackbirds look quite like Tricolored Blackbirds, but the range for Tricolored birds doesn't extend to the Eastern Sierras. I arrived late in the day at Dirty Socks Springs and tried to capture some last light images of the Red-Winged Blackbirds I found near Olancha in Inyo County California, a few miles east of US-395.

Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Red-Winged Blackbird

(Agelaius phoeniceus)

Description:

First summer Red-Winged Blackbirds look quite like Tricolored Blackbirds, but the range for Tricolored birds doesn’t extend to the Eastern Sierras. I arrived late in the day at Dirty Socks Springs and tried to capture some last light images of the Red-Winged Blackbirds I found near Olancha in Inyo County California, a few miles east of US-395.

Date Taken: 2020:10:17 18:50

Location:

Dirty Socks Spring
Olancha, California
United States
3592.70 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500

File Name: RedWingedBlackBird-1stSummer_D5X6733-DirtySocksSprings

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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