Unconventional view, but it works. Bolinas Lagoon Preserve of Audubon Canyon Ranch, California. The coastal subspecies of Red-winged Blackbird <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agelaius_phoeniceus" title="Agelaius phoeniceus">Agelaius phoeniceus</a> californicus</i>, lacks the yellow band of median coverts, so we see only a red epaulet.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/9062441@N02">Len Blumin</a> from Mill Valley, California, United States
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