This male Red-winged Blackbird seems to be singing, “Raindrops are fallin’ on my head.” The rain fell softly at Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge in Montana a few weeks ago but that didn’t deter these birds from singing their hearts out in hopes of capturing the attention of a female. Spending several days watching them made me realize how much I enjoy watching and listening to Red-winged Blackbirds. Not only is their melodic warbling captivating (and hopefully for the bird, successful in captivating a mate) but their mating displays and territorial skirmishes are really fun to watch. As Moose and I drove slowly along the refuge’s main road that fronted a small pond surrounded by cattails, we stopped when one of the birds was close enough to the road as this one was. The passenger window was down and I was ready with my camera positioned out the window to capture close up images when their expressions were priceless.