Male Red-wing Blackbird Behavior
Today I witnessed what appeared to be a male red-winged blackbird attacking another male red-wing that had been recently road-killed. I was able to capture a short, fuzzy video of this act with my digital camera.
Could this have been an act of territoriality? This time of the year is when male red-wings begin "staking their claim" and defending areas to be used during mating and nesting. They are polygynous, meaning they have more than one mate and they will defend each and everyone of them from other male red-wings. Apparently even though this one had been road-killed its instincts drove it to attack it anyway.
Could this have been an act of territoriality? This time of the year is when male red-wings begin "staking their claim" and defending areas to be used during mating and nesting. They are polygynous, meaning they have more than one mate and they will defend each and everyone of them from other male red-wings. Apparently even though this one had been road-killed its instincts drove it to attack it anyway.
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