Red Wing Blackbird - Great Meadows

With spring delayed the Red Wing Blackbirds are furiously building nests, chasing females and being chased by Marsh Wrens.  This one spent a long time posing and calling perched on a cattail.

Red Wing BlackbirdCanon 7D 500 mm f4.0Exposure Triad:  f 5.6, 1/400 sec, ISO 400