"Birds will give you a window, if you allow them. They will show you secrets from another world - fresh vision that, though it is avian, can accompany you home and alter your life. They will do this for you even if you don't know their names - though such knowing is a thoughtful gesture. They will do this for you if you watch them." ~ Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Agelaius phoeniceus: Red-winged Blackbird
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.