Red-winged Blackbird Posted on March 19, 2011 by Sheila Creighton Posted in Nature Tagged London, photography, red-winged blackbird, spring, Springbank Park, tree 2 Comments Red-winged Blackbrids are one of the first signs of spring in Canada. They have a distictive song and males have red and yellow shoulders - called epaulettes. © Sheila Creighton 2011