Female Yellow-headed Blackbird at Martha Lake near George, Washington.

Mixed flock of Red-winged and Yellow-headed Blackbirds near Othello, Washington. This photo was featured in the 2017 Audubon Photography Awards Top 100 gallery.

Male Brewer's Blackbird at Sun Lakes State Park near Coulee City, Washington.

Horned Lark the Loowit Viewpoint of the Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in Washington.

Male Common Grackle at the Belle Fourche National Wildlife Refuge in South Dakota.

Male Yellow-headed Blackbird at Martha Lake near George, Washington.

Male Red-winged Blackbird by a pond along the Hummocks Trail of the Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in Washington.

Male Bobolink near Calispell Lake in Pend Oreille County, Washington.

Western Meadowlark at the Belle Fourche National Wildlife Refuge in South Dakota.

Male Brown-headed Cowbird by Coldwater Lake at the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in Washington.

Male Yellow-headed Blackbird. Photo taken by the Para Ponds near Othello, Washington.

Female Red-winged Blackbird at Confluence State Park in Wenatchee, Washington.

Male Bobolink at the Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge in Burke County, North Dakota.

Male Bullock's Oriole with a grub for its young. Photo taken at Hood Park in Burbank, Washington.

Male Yellow-headed Blackbird. Photo taken by the Para Ponds near Othello, Washington.

Male Tricolored Blackbird holding a grasshopper. Photo taken at the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello, Washington.

Female Bobolink at the Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge in Burke County, North Dakota.

Female Bullock's Oriole at the Juniper Draw I-90 Rest Stop in Johnson County, Wyoming.

Male Yellow-headed Blackbird. Photo taken by Jameson Lake in Douglas County, Washington.

Male Brewer's Blackbird at Sun Lakes State Park near Coulee City, Washington.

Horned Lark the Loowit Viewpoint of the Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in Washington.

Feed me! Male Bullock's Oriole with young. Photo taken near Winthrop, Washington.