Blackbirds Breeding Oakland Wildlife 
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA. Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota. Some birds breed in flocks, at least in part to avoid predation. In the case of these Tricolored Blackbirds , they are formed for DEFENSE. Other flocks don’t come off as being so homogeneous.
10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2014
One or two Tufted Ducks show up at Lake Merritt in Oakland every year, with this drake in particular often lending itself for soul-satisfying views. Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA. Yellow-billed Magpies are found just inland, and Tricolored Blackbirds can be found on Point Reyes (a legendary migrant trap) by the thousand in the fall.
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