Read "Birdman" Mel Toellner's article in the May/June Pondboss and just had to mention my Red-Winged Blackbirds. I can't get within 20 ft of my inlet/sedge-meadow or the male is circling 6 feet above my head and squawking at me. I just don't feel welcome at my own pond! He staked out the area and got a girl to nest in the sedges and now wants to defend her. I am attaching pictures of him, of her on a post, and a drone shot of the sedge meadow where the nest is well hidden (she is on the post in the upper left). Glad to see them nest but looking forward to getting my pond back.
