While Photographing A Tourist Information Sign Re Pompeys Pillar, At A Roadside Pull-Off, A Red-Winged Alights On A Nearby Fence Post.
…In The Distance, You Can See The Curved Ramp Of Rt-312, As It Climbs To A Trussed Bridge That Goes Over I-94.

…[Back in Minnesota, soon after starting their trip the ZMM Narrator says => ]
….. “There’s a red-winged blackbird. .. I whack Chris’s knee and point to it. .. "What!" he hollers. "Blackbird!" .. He says something I don’t hear. "What?" I holler back. .. He grabs back. Then I nod. At age eleven you don’t get very impressed with red-winged blackbirds. .. You have to get older for that. …. [three pages later] …. "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. ”

Half Mile South East Of Pompys Pillar National Monument, MT. Since the ZMM Narrator emphasizes Red-Winged Blackbirds (RWBB) so much in ZMM Chapter 1, I decided I would photograph every RWBB that I could get within my camera sights. I was surprised to find RWBBs practically the whole ZMM Route! The natural range of RWBBs must be all the northern USA, from Virginia to California!

LEARN MORE …=>
Audubon Society Guide to North American Birds, Includes Photo & North America Map Showing Normal Range Of Occurrence

Wikipedia Has Much
Detailed Information For Red-Winged Blackbird, Agelaius Phoeniceus. There Are Photos Showing The Coloring, And An Audio Recording Of Their Call.
*************************


... NOTE: If you can help me with the names of any of flowers along ZMM Route or have other interesting information, please Contribute Names of Flowers, Stories, Photos, etc..
*************************

(Photo = 105-0561 ...... ZMM Pages = 003 & 006 ...... WayPt = 114)