BIRD LIFE IX WASHINGTON 
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BREWER BLACKBIRD 
Brewer Blackbird is a bird of the mead¬ 
ows and grainfields. He wears a coat of 
sober black. They prefer more open sit¬ 
uations for nesting than Redwing does 
and usually make their homes in colonies, 
sometimes close to the ground, sometimes 
high up in stubs of trees. 
Photo by W. L. Dawson 
GROUND NEST OF BREWER’S BLACKBIRD 
