Bird watching: red winged blackbird

Self-tutoring about birds: the tutor mentions an encounter

Back on September 5, 2017, I mention looking at a goose across a lake in Nanaimo. At the same place this morning, I noticed a red winged blackbird.

I heard the bird first. Its piercing call, vibrating from a single note, it uttered from atop a low tree. Its mate, who looked nothing like it, but was brown, clucked from reeds near the lake. The male answered her between his shrill calls.

I suspected the bird’s identity because of the setting, but had to pursue him a bit to see his red shoulders. After playing hard-to-get, he actually started to chase me a little as I left the lake shore.

Source: allaboutbirds.org

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