3 Picture Wordless Wednesday
Red-winged Blackbird

Orange Hawkweed
Yellow Iris
Red-winged Blackbird

Orange Hawkweed
Yellow Iris
This entry was posted on 13 June 2007. It was filed under Allegany State Park, Birds, Flickr, Nature, Wildflowers and was tagged with discovery.
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Before this spring I never really appreciated how pretty female red-winged blackbirds are.
13 June 2007 at 10:40 am
Beautiful pictures.
13 June 2007 at 11:07 am
Gorgeous shots Tom!
13 June 2007 at 12:36 pm
Love the shots!
13 June 2007 at 1:05 pm
I wonder why I only see male RW blackbirds? I’m certain I haven’t seen a female.
Great photos, as usual!
13 June 2007 at 2:47 pm
I love your photos Tom, but I miss your words! LOL! I love orange hawkweed – we used to call it Indian Paintbrush when I was a kid! Don’t know if that is a known common name since Newcomb’s lists it as Devil’s Paintbrush.
13 June 2007 at 4:52 pm
I like your wordless Wednesday offerings.
Whoever said a picture is worth 1000 words wasn’t exactly right–your photos are worth a lot, but so are your words.
13 June 2007 at 6:27 pm
You and Liza at Egret’s Nest make me want to do Wordless Wednesday. These are beautiful shots.
13 June 2007 at 9:27 pm
Thanks everyone for your kind words and I love doing wordless wednesday because sometimes wordless is better than the books that I can write sometimes! Robin – you should, makes posting easy!
13 June 2007 at 9:35 pm
Great WW Mon@rch. Thar RW Blackbird looks a lot like a Red-breated Grosbeak. Lots of females look so similar in the bird world.
16 June 2007 at 7:41 pm
Great site Tom, the yellow iris are really nice, good work.
20 June 2007 at 7:27 am
Thanks Barb and Barnie! I appreciate your kind words!
20 June 2007 at 8:21 am