Rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus).

The blackbird with bronze winter feathers.

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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode:

Rusty blackbird song by William W. H. Gunn (ML509980)
Rusty blackbird call by Peter Paul Kellogg and John Miller (ML509982)
Common grackle call by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML510006)
Red-winged blackbird call by Wil Hershberger (ML509911)

Sources and more:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Rusty_Blackbird
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/rusty-blackbird
https://www.sibleyguides.com/2012/11/my-trick-to-finding-rusty-blackbirds/
Peterson, R. T., & Peterson, V. M. (1980). A field guide to the birds: A completely new guide to all the birds of eastern and central North America (Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged.). Houghton Mifflin Company.