Truth varies

 

 

This abundance chart is accurate.

 

For Red-winged Blackbirds, in this area, at any time of year, the chance is high that if you’re looking in the appropriate habitat, you are highly likely to see a red-winged blackbird.  Our experience suggests that is absolutely true, but there is more to it than that.

 

Earlier this year, we stopped feeding birds for a few weeks because the feeders were being overwhelmed by hundreds of red-winged blackbirds.  Now, almost all of them have moved on.  We’re seeing one red-winged blackbird each day.

 

It might seem like we would see some change on the abundance chart between hundreds of birds a day and just one, but the number of birds isn’t taken into account on the chart, just the likelihood of seeing a particular bird, any particular day, in appropriate habitat.