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	Blackbird, Turdus merula
		Except when migrating, flbirds are never really gregarious although considerable numbers may roost together - often among redwing - in shrubberies and dense hedgerows.
		Blackbirds may be found in a wide range of habitats including dense woodland, coastal sand-dunes, farmland, minute marsh carrs and town and city centres.
		There is also evidence from ringing that some flbirds migrate in one winter, but not in another.
	www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /bird-guide/blackbird.htm (488 words)

	Blackbird - LoveToKnow 1911
		BLACKBIRD (Turdus merula), the name commonly given to a well-known British bird of the Turdidae family, for which the ancient name was ousel, Anglo-Saxon Osle, equivalent of the German Amsel, a form of the word found in several old English books.
		The plumage of the male is of a uniform fl colour, that of the female various shades of brown, while the bill of the male, especially during the breeding season, is of a bright gamboge yellow.
		The flbird is of a shy and restless disposition, courting concealment, and rarely seen in flocks, or otherwise than singly or in pairs, and taking flight when startled with a sharp shrill cry.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Blackbird (391 words)

	Blackbird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Blackbird or Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) is a European member of the thrush family Turdidae.
		It is common in woods and gardens over all of Europe and much of Asia south of the Arctic Circle.
		The flbird is the national bird of Sweden.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blackbird (454 words)

	AllRefer.com - blackbird (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		The red-winged flbird of E North America is a familiar sight, its scarlet shoulder patches conspicuous among the tall grasses of the marshes and wet meadows where it nests.
		For example, in the brewer flbird, the male becomes polygamous only when there are more females than males; when the balance is even, monogamy is the rule.
		Flocks of flbirds may be as large as 5 million birds, and they often do serious crop damage when foraging for food.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/blackbir.html (333 words)

	Blackbird - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Blackbird, common name for many passerine birds of a family native to the Americas.
		- common European bird with fl feathers: a common songbird of the thrush family, the male of which has fl feathers and a yellow beak and the female, brown feathers.
		meadowlark, skylark, warbler, woodlark, flbird, bluebird, flycatcher, hedge sparrow, lark, linnet, nightingale, nightjar, oriole, pied wagtail,...
	encarta.msn.com /Blackbird.html (184 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for blackbird
		flbird common name in North America of a perching bird allied to the bobolink, the meadow lark, the oriole, and the grackle and belonging to the family Icteridae.
		bobolink, common name in the N United States and Canada for an American songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, related to the flbird and the oriole, belonging to the family Icteridae.
		The plumage of the purple, or common, grackle of the Atlantic coastal region is fl with metallic hues, iridescent in the sunlight.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=blackbird (665 words)

	Blackbird - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Blackbirds are birds of woodland and heaths which have readily adapted to farmland and gardens.
		Blackbirds which come here for the winter like suitable cover for roosting - shrubs and trees - with feeding areas nearby.
		Partial albino flbirds, with some white feathers, are found more commonly than any other species, most often in urban areas.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/b/blackbird/index.asp (238 words)

	blackbird - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Blackbirds are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Icteridae.
		SR-71 Blackbird: the SR-71 Blackbird is a long-range, high-altitude, supersonic-cruise reconnaissance platform, and one of the most spectacular aircraft ever built.(Cover Story)
		Blackbird Holdings, Inc., Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. announce new trading initiative; Initiative will offer OTC and exchange-traded derivatives electronically on one screen for first time.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-blackbir.html (482 words)

	AnimalTrek.com - Blackbird Pictures, Information, Wallpaper, Photos
		The Blackbird or Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) is a European member of the thrush family Turdidae.
		Blackbirds are 23.5 to 29 cm in length.
		The Blackbird is not related to the North American flbirds, such as Red-winged Blackbird or Brewer's Blackbird, which are Icterids, family Icteridae.
	www.animaltrek.com /birds/blackbird (245 words)

	British Garden Birds - Blackbird
		The Blackbird sings from a perch and its song is rich, varied and flute-like, but usually finishes in a squeaky phrase.
		The Blackbird feeds on insects and earthworms taken from the ground either by probing the ground, such as a lawn, or noisily turning over leaf litter with its bill.
		Blackbirds in the UK are mostly resident, though a few do migrate to southern Europe for the winter.
	www.garden-birds.co.uk /birds/blackbird.htm (798 words)

	Blackbird, Birds, Blackbird, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia
		Date : 6/2/2007 Time : 12:10:59 PM Blackbird is the common name for about 25 species of birds of the New World family Icteridae, which also includes orioles and bobolinks, and for several unrelated Old World birds of the THRUSH family, Turdidae.
		The red-winged flbird Agelaius phoeniceus male has flashing-red shoulder patches, for example, and the female is brown and striped; they are abundantly distributed over the marshes and upland fields of most of North America.
		The common flbird of the Old World resembles the duller species of American flbirds but is actually a thrush related to the American robin.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/birdsindex.asp?counter=8 (145 words)

	Birds in Backyards - Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) Fact sheet
		The Common Blackbird was introduced to Australia at Melbourne in the 1850s.
		The Common Blackbird is not readily confused with other 'fl' birds as it is much smaller than most Australian birds with a similar colouring and has a distinctive yellow eye-ring.
		The Common Blackbird, was originally confined to Melbourne and Adelaide, but has gradually expanded its range throughout south-eastern Australia, both on the coast and inland, as far north as Sydney, and including Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands.
	www.birdsinbackyards.net /finder/display.cfm?id=123 (330 words)

	Cowbird - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Baltimore Oriole, common name applied to the eastern subspecies of the northern oriole, North American birds that are not true orioles but members of...
		Blackbird, common name for a wide variety of birds with mainly fl plumage.
		- N American flbird: a flbird that lays its eggs in the nests of other birds and often feeds alongside grazing cattle.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Cowbird.html (108 words)

	blackbird — FactMonster.com
		flbird, common name in North America of a perching bird allied to the bobolink, the meadow lark, the oriole, and the grackle and belonging to the family Icteridae.
		The red-winged flbird of E North America is a familiar sight, its scarlet shoulder patches conspicuous among the tall grasses of the marshes and wet meadows where it nests.
		Flocks of flbirds may be as large as 5 million birds, and they often do serious crop damage when foraging for food.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/sci/A0807751.html (315 words)

	NPWRC :: Controlling Blackbird Damage
		Common grackles are slightly larger than robins, with iridescent fl feathers and a long keel-shaped tail.
		Grackles are common nesters throughout North America east of the Rockies, nesting in shelterbelts, farmyards, marshes, and towns.
		Blackbirds are native migratory birds and thus come under the jurisdiction of the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, a formal treaty with Canada and Mexico.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/birds/blkbird/intro.htm (869 words)

	The Red-winged Starling, or Red-shouldered Marsh Blackbird
		The millions of insects which the Redwings destroy at this early season, are, in my opinion, a full equivalent for the corn which they eat at another period; and for this reason, the farmers do not molest them in spring, when they resort to the fields in immense numbers.
		The Marsh Blackbird is easily kept in confinement, and sings there with as much vigour as when at full liberty.
		The dispersion of this bird over the whole of the United States, the Fur Countries beyond the limits of the inhabitation of the human species, the great western plains, the Rocky Mountains, and even the shores of the Columbia river, where it was procured by Mr.
	www.audubon.org /bird/BoA/F16_G3d.html (1776 words)

	Blackbirds
		Female flbirds are especially fierce in the spring when they compete and fight with each other for a good nesting territory.
		The Blackbird and the two Asian species are not related to the New World flbirds, such as Red-winged Blackbird or Red-breasted Blackbird, which are icterids, family Icteridae.
		The Blackbird's New World relatives are larger thrushes such as the American Robin, Turdus migratorius, and the Mountain Robin, T.
	www.avianweb.com /blackbirds.html (420 words)

	Tricolored Blackbirds
		The Tricolored Blackbird, Agelaius tricolor, is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae.
		The common name is taken from the male bird's distinctive white stripes on bottom of their red shoulder patches, or "epaulets", which are visible when the bird is flying or displaying.
		Despite the similar names, this bird is not related to the Old World Common Blackbird, which is a thrush (Turdidae).
	www.avianweb.com /tricoloredblackbirds.html (265 words)

	DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln \| BLACKBIRD BEHAVIOR
		In the central valley of California the Tri-colored Blackbird, (Agelaius tricolor) is responsible for much of the depredation in crops, particularly rice.
		A common flbird of the West and North-central States is Brewer's Blackbird.
		A common associate of all the above species during the fall and winter months is the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothbus ater).
	digitalcommons.unl.edu /vpc3/15 (444 words)

	Birds: The Blackbird
		The flbird has to some extent the power of the mocking bird, of imitating the sounds it hears,-such as the chuckling of a hen, the song of the nightingale, the caw of the crow.
		Bouchier of Wold Rectory, near Northampton, says: "Within half a mile of my residence there is a flbird which crows constantly, and as accurately as the common cock, and nearly as loud; as it may, on a still day, be heard at the distance of several hundred yards.
		In the autumn the American Blackbirds gather in vast flocks, and sometimes produce a roar like the rush of a waterfall by their flight.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles03/birds3.shtml (369 words)

	Anyone for a swim? Forget it baby Blackbird
		A Blackbird couple have moved into the pool pump shed and made a nest on top of the hose where I hang it up between uses.
		Common Blackbirds - information about Balckbirds with many comments from my readers about their experiences with this species.
		It seems flbirds are quite intent on stopping people from doing those put-off jobs, whether waiting for warmer or cooler weather.
	www.trevorsbirding.com /anyone-for-a-swim-forget-it-baby-blackbird (793 words)

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		The tawny-shouldered flbird, A. humeralis, which occurs in Cuba and Haiti, is morphologically intermediate between A. phoeniceus and A. xanthomus (05).
		Blackbirds nest on ledges or in crevices of coastal cliffs on Mona Island.
		Thrashers are known to have destroyed flbird nests on Roosevelt Roads Naval Station (01), and Perez-Rivera (14) reported the destruction of a flbird nest by thrashers on Mona Island.
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /WWW/esis/lists/e104009.htm (5339 words)

	BLACKBIRD (Turdus merula) - Online Information article about BLACKBIRD (Turdus merula)
		flbird is of a shy and restless disposition, courting concealment, and rarely seen in flocks, or otherwise than singly or in pairs, and taking See also:
		EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf.
		RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BER_BLA/BLACKBIRD_Turdus_merula_.html (737 words)

	Red-winged Blackbird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North and much of Central America.
		The common name for this species is taken from the mainly fl adult male's distinctive red shoulder patches, or "epaulets", which are visible when the bird is flying or displaying.
		Despite the similar names, the Red-winged Blackbird is not related to the European Redwing or the Old World Common Blackbird, which are thrushes (Turdidae).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Red-winged_Blackbird (673 words)

	blackbird
		common name for many passerine birds of a family native to the Americas.
		The red-winged flbird is one of the most abundant birds of North America, ranging from Alaska to Central America.
		The common flbird of Eurasia, of nursery rhyme fame, is not related to American flbirds; it is a thrush, related to the American robin.
	library.thinkquest.org /26184/blackbird.htm (105 words)

	Blackbird Damage, W-2-2001
		When people talk about damage by “flbirds,” they are often referring to a group of about 10 species, including red-winged flbird, common grackle, brown-headed cowbird, and European starling.
		However, because flbird populations have significantly declined in Ohio within the past few decades, less damage is occurring to crops.
		Most flbirds (except for European starlings) are protected by federal and state laws, and trapping, shooting, or handling the birds is illegal without special permits.
	ohioline.osu.edu /w-fact/0002.html (637 words)

	Identify Black Birds in Your Backyard - Free Bird Resource Book Online - North Eastern United States and Eastern Canada ...
		The Bronzed Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula aeneus) differs from the common grackle chiefly by the more brownish bronze tint of its plumage and its lack of iridescent bars.
		The bronzed grackle's range is more westerly, and in the southwest it is particularly common; but as a summer resident it finds its way to New England in large numbers.
		The Fish Crows plumage, differs slightly from the Common Crow's in being a richer fl everywhere, and particularly underneath, where the "corn thief" is dull.
	www.attractwildbirds.com /bird-book/large-black.htm (1562 words)

	Common Cattail (Typha latifolia)
		Common Cattail is a common plant that occurs in every county of Illinois.
		Common Cattail can survive in badly degraded habitats, although it also occurs in natural habitats that are less disturbed.
		Generally, Common Cattail is larger in size with green to greyish blue leaves that span over ½" across.
	www.illinoiswildflowers.info /wetland/plants/cattail.htm (689 words)

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