Waiting for their mate? At any rate, guarding the nest for some reason.

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Just riding the wind on a stick for a perch.

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Red Winged Blackbird dishes out what I call a "Rump-Thump to a Red Tailed Hawk that flew a little to close to the Red Wingers nest.

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Did not see the action live, but was grinning ear to ear when it came up on the screen.

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Happens occasionally, still brings a little weird feeling when it happens, but I was a good distance away (cropped heavily). No problems though, it flew shortly after. Because of the heavily wooded area, I'm sure it had me spotted long before I saw it.

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