Red Winged Blackbirds on Gateway

Gateway yesterday afternoon: 8 2/3 miles
Back to the Brooks Burn shoes, no new blisters, last week's are healing well.
Gorgeous sunny day in the 60's after the long El Nino winter, how could being out running not make it the best day of the year.
Roller bladers are starting to come out, now that the last of the icy slush patches are all melted.
Dozens of bicycles
.. a few racing by with no "on your left" warning... but most very courteous... as were we.
What a fabulous day to be aerobic outdoors.

Red winged blackbirds.... dozens of them in a few trees near a pond. The red winged blackbirds singing in a magical fugue with the croaking frogs in the pond.
I haven't seen so many red winged blackbirds in one place in my life (and I grew up in Iowa!)
You can click on the picture to enlarge that bird.