Red-Winged Blackbird Enjoying a Sunset

Red-winged blackbird on an iron fence enjoying a lovely sunset across Ell Pond, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA

[Pentax K-3, PENTAX-DA 55-300mm; ƒ/7.1, 300.0 mm, 1/1000, ISO 1600]

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6 Comments

Chetzemoka@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I see you, Melrose. I attending nursing clinicals at Melrose-Wakefield during school.

Great capture! These guys are such beautiful birds

Niamtougou1983@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I hope you are enjoying your time at the hospital! I've spent some time there... :)

Chetzemoka@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

Sadly I ended up not working there full time because the commute would have been too long. But one of my contract positions takes me there for a day every now and then, and I get to see some of my old classmates. It's a good hospital.

And if you haven't seen it, check out the Merlin bird ID app from Cornell:

https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/

I have quite the collection of birds I've found in my little corner of the GBA. The automatic bird song ID function is so incredible

jonj@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

A few years ago I was running on a trail through a marshland in a suburb of Edmonton Alberta and one of these attacked my head. I was not injured but it was annoying.