This species is one of the most widely distributed, abundant, well-known, and well-named birds in North ... Summer male: black, including soft parts, with bright red shoulder patch or “epaulet ...

Persephone, the goddess of spring is waiting in the wings, amusing herself with sending us a bit ... Freshly molted, the flashy fellas are glossy black with sharp red and yellow epaulets. With sleek ...

A medium-size buteo with rounded wing tips that do not ... Rufous on the upperwing coverts gives the “red shoulders.” The primaries are barred or checkered black and white, the dark tail ...