A wildlife photographer with a penchant for birds captured a magnificent moment on film during an outing in southeastern Michigan. Snapping an osprey in flight with a stick in its beak, she noticed that a smaller bird had hitched a ride. “I recently watched an osprey flying along the far edge of a pond and noticed that the osprey had picked up a follower,” photographer Jocelyn Anderson told PetaPixel. The follower, she said, was a feisty red-winged blackbird. Perhaps fearing its territory encroached upon, the blackbird put on an aggressive show as Anderson watched. “Red-winged blackbirds are fiercely defensive of their nests and will attack much larger birds in order to keep their young ones safe,” she said. “The osprey was carrying a large stick for nest renovations, and as the pair flew closer I could see the blackbird weaving and calling at the osprey.” As Anderson watched, the blackbird took a …