[Red Badger]

IT'S A SIGN!.......................

[LIConFem]

Why drive when you can get driven?

— Riddick, Richard B

[GOP Poet]

Super cool!

[Professional]

Freeloaders everywhere.

[McGavin999]

Blackbird=Black voters wearing Trump hats joining America=Eagle and headed toward prosperity=fish dinner

[latina4dubya]

the song, Hitchin’ a Ride by Vanity Fair comes to my mind... remember that song? such a happy song...

[Spirit of Liberty]

Looks like the eagle is banded.

I wonder though, was the blackbird actually hitching a ride, or was it attacking the eagle?

[Yo-Yo]

Blackbird 1: “Have you ever been Eagle Surfing?”

Blackbird 2: “Eagle Surfing? What’s that?”

Blackbird 1: “Hold muh beer and watch this!”

[poinq]

They do it all the time. The red winged black bird is not trying to get a ride. He is harassing the eagle who must be close to the nest. Hawks, Eagles, golfers, Foxes all get attacked by these things. The eagle is powerless. If it could climb higher than the black bird the little bird may be in trouble. But because the little bird is higher and behind the eagle, the eagle can’t really defend itself. I live in a place with eagles and red winged black birds and this is a common site in the late spring.

[niteowl77]

I have frequently watched protective RWBs physically “whack” raptors while trying to shoo them away, but I have never seen one actually dig in and hitch a ride.

[NonValueAdded]

“Home, James”

[Fury]

Haha! Good picture!

It lacks context. That’s a territorial attacking behavior. There’s probably another Red-winged Blackbird following closely behind. That Bald Eagle got too close to their nesting territory.

Lots of birds do it. Once saw an American Crow being attacked in the name manner by an American Kestrel which was in turn being attacked by a Red-winged Blackbird. Too bad I did not have a camera at the time!

Note the Bald Eagle has a band on it’s right leg.

[dsc]

Cojones grandes, widdle birdie, cojones grandes.

[Pollard]

Gonna hitch a ride
Head for the other side
Leave it all behind
Never change my mind
Gonna sail away
Sun lights another day
Freedom of my mind
Carry me away for the last time

[Reily]

Wonder if that’s Huginn or Muninn hitching that ride?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huginn_and_Muninn#:~:text=In%20Norse%20mythology%2C%20Huginn%20%28from%20Old%20Norse%20%22thought%22%29,Midgard%2C%20and%20bring%20information%20to%20the%20god%20Odin.

or

could be Heckle or Jeckle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckle_and_Jeckle

[Rebelbase]

Conservation of energy.

[Hot Tabasco]

Cool picture and the eagle appears to be banded.......

[MarineBrat]

Should we walk or take a dog?

[WildHighlander57]

Is that O bama pestering the USA ?

[Durus]

What kind of bird is in the eagle’s talons?

[csvset]

Hey pal, going uptown ? Mind if I catch a ride ?