When the Yellow-headed Blackbirds flew into Sweetwater Wetlands, my latest nemesis bird issues were over. Every birder has a nemesis bird... a bird that maddeningly avoids you. Before this it was the Belted Kingfishers or any member of the kingfishers family who'd fly away one step before I stopped.
Dozens of Yellow-headed Blackbirds swirled into the cattail lagoons today.
Maybe being on-site when they arrived was the secret to capturing these elusive birds.
I watched them group-up, disband and regroup again and again for reasons unknown.
Having eluded me for years, I was unaware of their white wing patches that are so obvious now in flight.
They eventually left for the day and that was okay with me. So now they'll have to perturb a different birder.
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Allan
Credits:
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds
The Sibley's Guide to Birds
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