I came across this male red-winged blackbird one morning last summer at the Wellfleet Wildlife Sanctuary in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He must have been protecting a nest that was very close to a little bridge over a pond because when I walked past, he started chirping noisily and even took a few dives toward my head. These birds are fairly common throughout the US and into Central America. I see them a lot when driving around the country. The male has the namesake red wings, whereas the female is a nondescript brown color.

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