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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Red winged black birds are fearless!

Saw this interesting interaction between a juvenile bald eagle and a red winged blackbird. Red winged blackbirds are very aggressive and will attempt to fight much larger birds like Great Blue Herons, Eagles and Crows.

Juvenile scanning the sky not realizing there's a blackbird diving behind

Blackbird lands a hit!

Eagle tries to find it but the blackbird is already flying away

Apr 29, 2022 at 10:38 PM

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And I have seen them tree up and harass Red Tail Hawks too! Although this one was hiding behind the eagle

Neat sequence and find!
Karl

Apr 30, 2022 at 01:03 PM

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Karl Witt wrote:
And I have seen them tree up and harass Red Tail Hawks too! Although this one was hiding behind the eagle

Neat sequence and find!
Karl

Thanks Karl! Yeah I find these birds amazing, saw one chasing a crow too but wasn't fast enough to get that.

Apr 30, 2022 at 04:27 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Red winged black birds are fearless!

RWB get aggressive, this time of year protecting their nest. The RWB in the photo is a coward, hiding behind the Juvenile

nice shot of the Juvenile.

Chris S.

Apr 30, 2022 at 08:57 PM


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