Yellow-headed Black Bird

This bird is about the same size as the Red-winged Black Bird and lives in the reeds with them, they even fight for territory. But the Yellow-headed Black birds have a much different call.

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Nice set Mitch, i like the 2nd shot looks like he's got his eye on you. Lovely looking bird, ours are just black and thats it.

Great shots I have never seen one before. Thanks for sharing.

#2 is my favorite, nice work

Thanks Phil, Chris and Calico. Chris, until today, I had never seen one either.

Nice series Mitch! You had a lot better lighting than I did for my shots, especially in #1. Very cool bird!

Great shots, pic#1 is my favourite here and I agree with you, they have weirdest song, glad you finally got to see one.

Thanks Dennis. I got lucky on the light. To some extent. At least I was on the sunny side but it could have been better.

Thanks Downy. He was at the limits for the Bigma. I think what I need to do is find a way to get the Digiscope down there.

I've seen them but no pictures nice catch Mitch

Thanks Gary. It's funny, but I knew right away what this bird was, even from a distance. When you spend so much time in this forum, it gives you an edge.

Great series. I've never seen one of those.

Very nice. I think I may have seen one fly by me this week. Other than that never. He really shows well in the first two shots. Great find.

Thanks Keith. It felt good to finally see one. While the yellow head is not as easy to see while in flight as you might think, he has one white line in the top of each wing that you can see from a long way off. Very easy to identify from a distance.

Very nice capture, Mitch. These are actually mighty rare in this part of the country. One was just spotted at a feeder about a week ago and made all the birding hotlines around here.

Well done.

Thanks Ed. I can't believe I have never seen one or even heard of this bird til this year. My book says they are all over this area and west of here which is where I have spent most of my life. Maybe I have to start walking around with my eyes open.