2017-10-01 Birds & Bloom

24 birdsandblooms.com OCTOBER (^) I NOVEMBER 2017
BIRD TALES
There were
hundreds of
these birds stripping
nearby berry bushes one
September morning.
After I took this photo,
I was surprised to learn
that these birds are
young starlings. I’d always
thought that starlings only
had black feathers. The
darker bird on the right is
either a female or young
red-winged blackbird.
Melissa Rowell
VESTAL, NEW YORK
I was taking
photos of some
red-winged blackbirds
when this female snatched
up a dragonfly to feast on.
Sometimes an opportunity
like this one falls right into
your lap, but other times
you can shoot all day and
not get many keepers.
I took this photograph
at a marsh connected to
Lake George in New York.
Don Blais
MECHANICVILLE, NEW YORK