Bullying blackbirds...

                                                                                                       

 Photo by BarrytheBirder

Generally speaking, most larger birds will intimidate smaller birds at the backyard feeders, such as the the 8.5" Red-winged Blackbird (pictured above) shooing away a 6" House Sparrow.  All birds at the feeder seem to do it to smaller birds  but when it's a blackbird it seems more malevolent.   It doesn't matter whether it's a raven, a crow, a grackle, any of the other blackbirds...even a starling,  we label them as big bullies.   It's not that I don't like blackbirds.   They are part of nature's rich pageant, like any other creature, and we all have to eat.

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BarrytheBirder