I am standing by the bench dedicated to Charlie Harper on Wilson trail. I just saw an American Redstart male that happened to land on a tall cattail leaf be attacked by a male Red winged Blackbird! RWBB dragged Redstart down in water and a violent struggle ensued. It seemed like blackbird was trying to drown the Redstart, which somehow got away, rested nearby on a tree branch - very near a male RWBB. Whichever blackbird that was did not interact with the Redstart, which finally flew off into a thicket on west side of pond. Must be Redstart got too near a Blackbird nest.
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