The other day, I was at a hardware store to pick up some more birdseed (black oil sunflower seeds). Across from the store is a natural area, swampy with some trees, cattails, and some winter berry holly (Ilex verticillata)--it always catches my eye. While crossing the parking lot to enter the store, I heard the distinctive call of the red-winged blackbird-one of the few bird calls I know. It made me smile.
Hearing them was great...but I had still not had a sighting...until this morning when a small flock of them appeared outside our bay window enjoying the black-oil sunflower seeds I'd sprinkled there. :)
Not the best shots--taken with my phone...and the red-wings are pretty skittish when they see movement near the window:
Great sight for the first full day of spring!
