Red-winged Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird

The Red-winged Blackbird is spring's first bully — arriving before the snow melts, claiming the marsh, and dive-bombing anything that disagrees. Liquid black with epaulettes of red and yellow. The streaky brown bird next to him is his mate. She's been mistaken for a Sparrow her entire life.

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