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It was the strangest thing... I peeked out of the bedroom window just in time to witness a flock of Red-winged Blackbirds swarm the sunflower seed feeder.
They were here long enough for the Juncos to collectively wonder "What's up with that?" and then they were gone.
I've seen Red-winged Blackbirds in the yard before, but not until the end of the winter, and even then only one at a time. Usually I don't see them anywhere but at the pond, where there are tall grasses to hide and nest in.
Very strange, indeed.
Doodled from this photo.