Backward glance

Needed my archives for my photos this morning. Glad I chose a warm, sunny shot to post this morning, as it is another overcast, dreary morning. Also, I haven't been out with my camera for about five days, thanks to whiplash and pain all over my body thanks to the car accident on Saturday, which was not caused by me, thank goodness. Really hoping this eases off quickly! Had an appointment with my doctor yesterday afternoon, mainly just so that I could report the accident and have it (and the whiplash, etc.) on record. Came out with two good test results, though - my cholesterol level had dropped from 4.2 to 3, which she told me is a huge drop, and also that I had lost 20 lb since July : ))

This photo of a Red-winged Blackbird was taken SW of Calgary, on a short drive along familiar backroads, on 1 July 2014.

"One of the most abundant birds across North America, and one of the most boldly colored, the Red-winged Blackbird is a familiar sight atop cattails, along soggy roadsides, and on telephone wires. Glossy-black males have scarlet-and-yellow shoulder patches they can puff up or hide depending on how confident they feel. Females are a subdued, streaky brown, almost like a large, dark sparrow. In the North, their early arrival and tumbling song are happy indications of the return of spring." From Cornell's AllAboutBirds.

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/red-winged_blackbird/id?utm_s...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-winged_blackbird