This one gets a birds-eye view of the marsh from the top of a cypress tree.

Blackbirds are not as exotic as some of the birds in the marsh, but they make themselves noticed by their bold personalities.

Catching a ride on plants floating in a fast current.

They will scold you loudly if you come near their nests, and sometimes they just seem curious as to what you are up to and will hang around watching and joining in your conversation.

Blackbirds may lack the long legs of wading birds, but they are quite clever about catching their dinner. I've seen one climb up a reed and make it slowly lean over the water until the bird was able to see what was in the water and catch it.

This Blackbird was sharing a sandbar with a pair of Black Necked Stilts. He would wade out a bit, find a mussel, and take it back onto the firm sand to break it open and eat it. With the water so low the birds are easily finding lots of mussels!