Female Red-winged Blackbird: Maumee Bay Nature Center, Maumee Bay State Park, Ohio, USA, May 2025 — After picking up my Biggest Week in American Birding swag at the registration desk at Maumee Bay Lodge, I took a walk on the boardwalk behind the Nature Center to see what I could see. It was late afternoon by then, and not much was moving, but I did find lots of Red-winged Blackbirds, including this female with nesting materials. The males establish the territories but the females build the nest. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.