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This photo of an agitated Red-winged Blackbird taken during late afternoon May 4 at a marsh in Bristol, Conn. was submitted by Birding Wire reader Fred LaBerge, who writes: "There was a hawk circling overhead and this male was calling frantically to other blackbirds, ostensibly to warn them." Gear & stats: Nikon D7100 with 300mm f4 lens and 1.4 teleconverter yielding an equivalent 420mm. 1/350th, f5.6, ISO 800.

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