Just because she's beautiful

Female Red-winged Blackbird

October 25, 2014 at 11:04PM

This female Red-winged Blackbird was at our feeders today. Female birds often are drab counterparts to the males of their species. This bird, though, an adult in new fall plumage, is simply beautiful.

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