Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Red-winged

Circling a cat-tail ringed water-body to the sounds of aggrieved Red-wing Blackbirds. Whole families up in wings.

I know someone who was chased by a RWBB at the point of a bill. They are not fooling when it comes to the defense of their territory.

mthew

One response to “Red-winged”

  1. Chuck McAlexander

    Definitely a territorially agressive species. I have seen one chase a Red-tailed Hawk out of it’s domain! Like dogs, it ain’t the bird in the fight. It’s the fight in the bird.

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