Female Red Winged Blackbird
The Red-Winged Blackbird (agelaius phoeniceus) feeds mainly on plant seeds, but as much as a quarter of its diet includes insects, spiders, and mollusks. When migrating north, red-winged blackbirds travel in same-sex flocks, with the males arriving a few days before the females. Males stake out their territory by singing, and will defend it aggressively against other birds, and even humans and horses. These birds are polygynous. One male will have up to 15 females building nests in his territory, but females will often mate with other males and lay clutches of mixed paternity. This female was gathering nesting material from bullrushes while her mate sang loudly from a nearby branch.

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