Blackbirds in the Malheur NWR

These are blackbirds I encountered, again in the Malheur NWR in Oregon.  The first bird is a male Red-winged blackbird, a bird common to the entire state and indeed most, if not all, of the country.  The patch on the wing is occasionally difficult to see and doesn't always look red.  However if you ever see the bird fly directly towards you in the sunlight there's no mistaking the red patches on the wing. 

The females are much more drab and look nothing like the males.  When not in breeding season the males and females often are in segregated flocks. 

This is the Yellow-winged blackbird, a bird that is distributed throughout the western U.S. but fairly rare west of the Cascades.  (I've seen one in Skagit county in the 10+ years I've been birding here.)