Feeding Frenzy:
Red-Winged Blackbirds
The red-winged blackbirds generally arrive in a swarm numbering between 50 and 100, give or take a few, individual birds. Unless there is food already in the feeder after arriving they wait in the high branches of the surrounding trees. Their voices repeating 'Purple-dee, Purple-dee', in a stereophonic chorus make an upbeat soundtrack to accompany the morning's coffee.
It seems as if they expect me because within a few seconds of entering the house the flock is usually swarming around the feeding tree. Perhaps they have a circuit they follow and I'm merely one place on the route. They can eat a lot, I'll say that much.
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