Red-winged Blackbird

Steve Forman photographed common grackles and red-winged blackbirds at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.

Steve Forman photographed an American crow, a common grackle, house sparrows, and a red-winged blackbird at Hager Pond in Marlborough.

Steve Forman photographed a downy woodpecker, a house finch, and a red-winged blackbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.

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.