pond life
choir member
watchguard/attack bird*
hear me roar
mrs.
camouflage
prickly finch treat
sunbathers
tightrope walker
missing his top hat
*The Red-winged Blackbird is a highly polygynous species, with one male having up to 15 different females making nests in his territory. In some populations 90% of territorial males have more than one female. But, from one quarter to up to half of the young in "his" nests do not belong to the territorial male. Instead they have been sired by neighboring males.
The male Red-winged Blackbird fiercely defends his territory during the breeding season. He may spend more than a quarter of all the daylight hours in territory defense. He vigorously keeps all other males out of the territory and defends the nests from predators. He will attack much larger animals, including horses and people. (from Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
watchguard/attack bird*
hear me roar
mrs.
camouflage
prickly finch treat
sunbathers
tightrope walker
missing his top hat
*The Red-winged Blackbird is a highly polygynous species, with one male having up to 15 different females making nests in his territory. In some populations 90% of territorial males have more than one female. But, from one quarter to up to half of the young in "his" nests do not belong to the territorial male. Instead they have been sired by neighboring males.
The male Red-winged Blackbird fiercely defends his territory during the breeding season. He may spend more than a quarter of all the daylight hours in territory defense. He vigorously keeps all other males out of the territory and defends the nests from predators. He will attack much larger animals, including horses and people. (from Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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how many times do i have to tell you to submit some of your amazing pics to a photography/nature magazine? :) beautiful.
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