When I was looking for butterflies yesterday by Phairs Pond, I could swear I was strafed by a male Red-winged Blackbird, who then flew from tree to tree, giving me the what-for.

When I worked for the Meadowlands Commission, a Red-winged Blackbird did the same thing to passersby on the Marsh Discovery Trail one summer.

We dubbed him Dennis Menace after Dennis Cheeseman, who first photographed him. It was roughly the same time of year.

I think Dennis Jr. might be at the Celery Farm.

More on Dennis the Menace Sr, here.