A bevy of blackbirds

[Ben Egbert]

Taken at the Bear River NWR Sunday. I did not see any other yellow headed blackbirds up there. Not very artistic, more of an environmental type shot. I did get one fairly good Red Wing Black bird which I will show at another time.

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice color show with these guys.

 

[JimFox]

This is very cool Ben! I like seeing them in their environment. My only surprise was I never realized there was anything but all black black birds. I didn't know there were ones with coloring on their face like that, these are really cool looking.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Thanks Jim.
They are amazing to watch in breeding season and have a wonderful call. I have spent countless morning watching and listening to them.

 

[AlanLichty]

This is very cool Ben! I like seeing them in their environment. My only surprise was I never realized there was anything but all black black birds. I didn't know there were ones with coloring on their face like that, these are really cool looking.

There is a red wing variant that is quite common around water features in the Phoenix area. We see those up in the NW as well. Very distinctive song.

 

[Leslie Hunter]

This is great!

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I have never seen these many yellow-headed blackbirds in one spot. Nice job here, Ben.