ML640078426

Media notes

Wing noise as they moved between asphalt and the top of a parked car.

Observation details

Sitting on and destroying a car, not seeming to mind when people came near to snap photos. Somebody had tried to thwart them by covering their car with a blanket, but that had just attracted them. They seemed to be having a good time ripping it to shreds. I thought I was being smart by parking on the opposite side of the lot, however, after returning from the Anhinga Trail later on, I found they'd moved over to MY car. They ripped some holes in the rubber pieces at the bottom edge of the windshield, gnawed the rubber trim along the edges of the windshield (not particularly visible) and tore the passenger windshield wiper blade. They also pooped all over it, but the frequent Florida rains took care of that in short order.

Additional species

• Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus