This is my red­wing black­bird hunt­ing grounds. They dis­ap­peared in mid­sum­mer from the area for some mys­te­ri­ous rea­son, but this past Sunday, I heard their dis­tinc­tive calls again. I really don’t under­stand their move­ments at all, but it seems clear that they are not migra­tory birds. This is an HDR over­look­ing the cattail-choked west­ern end of the main pond. I’m actu­ally stand­ing in the pond on ice to take this shot. A per­spec­tive I can’t get in the sum­mer with­out get­ting very muddy and very wet.