Yellow-headed Blackbird

June 28, 2015

​This was my first really good look at a Yellow-headed Blackbird. Last year I took a day trip to Nayanguing Point SWA and had a fleeting look at an immature Yellow-headed Blackbird. So yesterday, even though it was raining nonstop in Mid Michigan I decided to take a chance and drive with a friend to Nayanquing Point and see if my luck might change. Well lucky for me there was no rain and the Yellow-headed Blackbirds were out and about, I presume feeding young chicks, and we saw a total of eight. Other neat birds for the day were an American Bittern, Least Bittern, Black-crowned Night Heron, two Piping Plovers and a rare Tricolored Heron. The last two birds were seen at east Tawas Point State Park. It was a very good day.

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