Steve Forman photographed an American robin, a black-capped chickadee, a common grackle, a house finch, a northern cardinal, a red-tailed hawk, a female red-winged blackbird along with European starlings, and a male red-winged blackbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.

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

Steve Forman photographed an immature herring gull, mallards, monarch butterflies, a painted turtle, a red-winged blackbird, and a slaty skimmer at Farm Pond in Framingham.

Steve Forman photographed A nesting mute swan, another mute swan and cygnets, a question mark butterfly, and a red-winged blackbird at Farm Pond in Framingham.