Red-winged Blackbird

Steve Forman photographed an American crow, a bald eagle, Canada geese, a common grackle, a muskrat, and a red-winged blackbird at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.

Craig Smith photographed Canada geese, common mergansers, hooded mergansers, a muskrat, a red-winged blackbird, and ring-necked ducks at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Maynard.

A house sparrow and a red-winged blackbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.

Steve Forman photographed a Canada goose, a mute swan, and a red-winged blackbird at Hager Pond in Marlborough.

Victoria Holland photographed a hooded merganser, a red-winged blackbird, a song sparrow, and a white-breasted nuthatch along the Boroughs Loop Trail.

Steve Forman photographed American crows, a black-capped chickadee, a northern mockingbird, and a red-winged blackbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.

Lucian Vazquez photographed a bald-faced hornet nest from last season near Lake Cochituate and a red-winged blackbird at Cochituate State Park in Natick.

Steve Forman photographed this red-winged blackbird at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.

Sharon Tentarelli photographed eastern bluebirds, European starlings, red-winged blackbirds, and a gray squirrel in Sudbury.

Gail Sartori photographed a Canada goose, a Cooper's hawk, red-winged blackbirds, a brown-headed cowbird, and a yellow-rumped warbler at the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Maynard.