Red-winged blackbird foraging

[Mousetoescamper]

Taken yesterday at Abbott Lake, Blue Ridge Parkway, VA.

[Chipper Chat]

1. I love the sounds they make.

[brewens]

2. Those are cool birds. It's funny that where I live you never see one around but go to any place where

there is one puddle with a cattail and there they are.

[LeonidPlanck]

3. I love these guys!

I was spending the weekend once at a preserve in series of seep lakes in Washington State’s Channeled Scablands with some friends doing a bit of birding and butterfly hunting. The RWBBs were described by a friend as sounding like “your angry Jewish aunt”.

Now, I don’t possess an “angry Jewish aunt”, but I assume that the obnoxious scolding they do must be akin to something from her memories of growing-up in New York. But they do make a lot of noise.

I like the parts where I’m outside with a camera and binocs going for long walks in interesting places hunting Checkerspots and Meadowhawks and get surprised by an Osprey or whitetail. The birds can talk all they want.

[Diamond_Dog]

4. I hear them in my backyard all the time but don't always see them.

They are really stunning looking birds. Nice portrait there by the lake!

[Mousetoescamper]

5. Thanks!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. He definitely looks to be foraging! Nice clear shot, my dear Mousetoescamper. ♥ nt

[Mousetoescamper]

7. Thanks!

[AllaN01Bear]

8. twink la dee. dee. dee.