Woodland Blackbird
May 12th, 2009
It's so nice to have leaves again, so my bokehs can be green instead of gray!
"The Ridge" at Britannia (a strip of elevated land between Mud Lake and the Deschenes Rapids) is a prime location for Red-Winged Blackbirds in spring. Females nest down on either side of it, and the males perch to sing and display their epaulets. As the season progresses they become more and more lackadaisical about the presence of humans--at least they certainly don't seem to feel intimidated by us. That makes them fun to photograph.
There probably are or soon will be nestling redwings, not that I'm likely to ever see any until they fledge. They'll stay safely hidden in the cattails for now.
May 12th, 2009
It's so nice to have leaves again, so my bokehs can be green instead of gray!
"The Ridge" at Britannia (a strip of elevated land between Mud Lake and the Deschenes Rapids) is a prime location for Red-Winged Blackbirds in spring. Females nest down on either side of it, and the males perch to sing and display their epaulets. As the season progresses they become more and more lackadaisical about the presence of humans--at least they certainly don't seem to feel intimidated by us. That makes them fun to photograph.
There probably are or soon will be nestling redwings, not that I'm likely to ever see any until they fledge. They'll stay safely hidden in the cattails for now.
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