July 31, 2020

Location: Taylor Creek/Nubbins Slough Conservation Area, Okeechobee

I am a male Red-winged Blackbird

Unlike me, my mate is hard to recognize

She has brown stripes and does not have red wings, 

But we have identical beak, legs and eyes,

Sources: Cornell Lab All About Birds - Red-winged Blackbird

Photo and text © 2020 Dee Fairbanks Simpson