Until this morning I had never seen a red-winged blackbird nest. I knew where they nested. It’s hard to miss that. But I had never actually seen a nest.
On Saturday I had trimmed some trees and tossed the trimmings into the trailer. I didn’t take them down to the brush pile. The neighbor had cut the area, which I had to cross and I didn’t want to drive across the hay. He baled it later that day.
This morning I took the brush to the brush pile. As I was leaving I looked beside the trampled grass and saw a small willow tree and in it a nest.
Red-winged black bird nest surrounded by tall grass
Can you see it in the middle of the shot? I returned with the camera and watched the mother fly up to the power line where she gave me the stink eye.
Three eggs in the nest.
I wasted no time getting a shot of the nest contents–three large eggs. Then I beat a hasty retreat to leave mother to her duties.
I never actually saw it, but I got too close to one a few years ago. The parent like to took my head off. Would have, too, had she bigger beak and claws. I skedaddled.
They are very aggressive, which is why I got my shots and beat it. :surrender:
Great find. “Stink eye” – there’s a wonderful phrase I had forgotten about
I hadn’t heard it or used it for years, perhaps decades even. Still it seemed to fit the situation.
Took me a while, but I found it – almost as bad as trying to locate a Killdeer nest.
I was within touching distance before I finally saw it. The killdeer are crazy and they’ll nest in the middle of a dirt driveway, in a parking lot or in our lawn, and those nests are [nearly] invisible.
Oh, it’s beautiful!! Look how nicely she made that nest. 🙂 Red-wing blackbirds are my favorite birds. I wish them much luck out in the world!
The red-wing blackbirds are nice. I like to hear their song in the spring.
I like to watch the blue birds as they capture flying insects. Swallows may be the best as they swoop and perform aerobatics in search of snacks. :frolic:
I’m sure she was grateful you left, but she prolly still doesn’t trust the human. :tiphat:
Better for you to find it than your sweet cat (birds don’t think cats are sweet). :hkitty:
I’m sure she doesn’t trust us two-legged, bothersome critters. :rolleyes:
As for Nellie (our puss), she has shown no interest in going outdoors. :no:
Very special. I love finding a bird’s nest. The cutest one I ever found was a hummingbird’s nest when we lived in Colorado.
Finding a hummingbird nest would be special! Grackles, robins and doves have their special places around here and those I spot each year. This year, the neighbor has bluebirds in the houses that he built specially for them. 🙂