Bird Watching: Odd Bird Behavior, 0 by dellrose

dellrose wrote:
This is the first time I have witnessed this behavior in my over 2 years of bird watching and hope someone can explain what was going on. I have a few theories but would like some other opinions. I did search for an answer and came up empty handed.

I was trying to get a few shots of the birds through the window yesterday (sorry about the poor quality) and noticed a female Red-winged Blackbird. Within seconds a female Cowbird landed next to her. The Blackbird immediately started to peck the Cowbird...