Red-winged Blackbird, male in an aspen tree by amontanaview
Taken in May. This is a male talking to someone, probably me. Taken west of Victor, Montana USA.
Canon EOS 40D, 1/250s, f 7.1, ISO: 400, 300mm
Red-winged Blackbird, male in an aspen tree 2
This is what a Red-winged Blackbird nest looks like – see the light colored reed mass in the middle of the photo.
Here is a photo of a fledgling Blackbird near the nest.
Comments
Like this. Great background.
Thank you! I added some photos of a nest, a female and a fledgling bird in the description for reference. Thanks for commenting.
– amontanaview
I sure like these birds and have had a lot of them visit my feeder this year ! Wonderful capture Merle !!
They cleaned out my feeder. I was chasing them away! Usually the flickers clean it out, this year it was the blackbirds!
– amontanaview
Beautiful shot of the male and yes they sure are chatty Merle! ~Sam
Thanks Sam, I wanted to complete the set!
– amontanaview
Beautiful work !!! Congratulations on your feature June 27th, 2011!
You can now enter our June Featured Members Challenge
Good Luck
Great image and congratulations!!