Birds of winter

  • [photo by Bill Buchroeder]

    [photo by Bill Buchroeder]

By Lynn Stafford, Environmental biologist
Bill Buchroeder, Photographer

It may still feel like winter to us, but red-winged blackbirds know spring is around the corner. At the golf course ponds in Pine Mountain Club, the males are beginning to stake out potential nesting territories with which to attract females. They also use voice, posture and those red shoulders to convince the ladies they are “the one.” The pelicans are beginning to…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

Photo captions:

‘Dawn has arrived with little friends. With the sunshine bringing a reprieve of winter a few days this week, she has arrived with little birds on her shoulders.’ ~Susan Williams

Male red-winged blackbird

Red-tailed hawk

Loggerhead shrike

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