Birdwatching 8

RE: Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Big flocks of these are visiting the feeders. The females look nothing like the males. These in the photo are male. They have an attractive call, but tend to be thuggish at the feeder. Allowances must be made, though. It was 18oF this morning at dawn, and it is difficult to be polite when very cold and ravenous. By way of illustration, I append a verse from Wallace Stevens' justly famous poem "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird".
Geoffrey

XIII
It was evening all afternoon.
It was snowing
And it was going to snow.
The blackbird sat
In the cedar limbs.