Ever Cautious Red-Winged Blackbirds Keep Their Distance, Eden Valley, MN.

…"There! A huge flock of red-winged blackbirds ascends from nests in the cattails, startled by our sound. I swat Chris’s knee a second time-then I remember he has seen them before. .... Unless you’re fond of hollering you don’t make great conversations on a running cycle. Instead you spend your time being aware of things and meditating on them. On sights and sounds, on the mood of the weather and things remembered, on the machine and the countryside you’re in, thinking about things at great leisure and length without being hurried and without feeling you’re losing time."

Better Photos needed for RWBB in Eden Valley, MN & Paynesville, MN. Four or five Red-Winged Blackbirds were happily perched in this marsh when I pulled up. I tried to sneak-up on them. But, the closer I got the more they took to the air. This one hesitated, but not for long! … Ever cautious, these are play-it-safe modern day dinosaurs.
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(Photo = 102-0285_IMG.JPG ...... ZMM Page = 006 ...... Photo actually at WayPt = 010k 4Mi West of Lowry MN. Duck hunting slough with cattails & Redwing blackbirds and nests.)