6/2/02 Male, San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, CA
6/2/02 Females, San Jacinto Wildlife Area
LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: Yellow-Headed Blackbird
COMMON NAME: Yellow-Headed Blackbird
SPECIES: Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
FAMILY: Icteridae (Blackbirds & Allies)
FAMILY: Icteridae (Blackbirds & Allies)
LIFE LIST DATE: 6/2/2002
LOCATION: San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, CA
From Kaufman Focus Guide-Birds of North America:
HABITAT/BEHAVIOR: In western marshes in summer, this blackbird draws attention with striking colors and with the male's awful attempts to sing. Outside the nesting season, flocks wander through open habitats (including farm fields), prairies, feedlots), often mixing with other blackbirds.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 10"; Name describes male; also note his white wing patches, obvious in flight. Female a bit smaller, sooty brown, with yellow on face and chest, white streaks on belly, not white wing patches.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 10"; Name describes male; also note his white wing patches, obvious in flight. Female a bit smaller, sooty brown, with yellow on face and chest, white streaks on belly, not white wing patches.
VOICE: Male strains to rasp out a few gurgles followed by long, strangled buzzing noise. Call note a low tluc.
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