This Red Winged Black Bird attacked a Great Blue Heron that wandered too close to his nest on the edge of a tidal creek. He landed several times on the Herons back, grabbing a fistful of feathers before flying off. Quite a sight to see.

-- steven sisti (stevesisti@aol.com), November 01, 2000

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...................WOW! (My english isn't sufficient to describe my enthusiasm for your picture. It is well done in technic, it's a very rare constellation and it' s fun (David & Goliath...). Gratulations!

-- Markus Ruch (Markus.Ruch@access.unizh.ch), November 01, 2000.

Excellent framing and timing. Nice colors too.

-- Alan Yeo (nature_sg@yahoo.com), November 02, 2000.

Sorry to rain on your parade, but we've only got your word for it that the blackbird was attacking the heron. There is nothing in the picture that bears this out. Apart from that, it's a nice picture of a heron.

-- Brian Southward (bsouthwa@wiley.co.uk), November 06, 2000.

I'd be proud of that. Very pretty.

-- (milanik@cadvision.com), November 07, 2000.