Yellow-headed Blackbird
When people hear that I’m interested in birds, they often ask me to identify a bird they’ve seen. One of the most common bird query goes something like this: “I saw this really cool bird the other day it was a black bird with a yellow head, do you know what that is?”. When I tell them it’s a Yellow-headed Blackbird they think I’m joking. It is a really descriptive name for a bird, and it is a really cool bird. Yellow-headed Blackbirds might be one of my favorite birds. Anyway, here are a couple of pictures I took the other day of this really cool black bird with a yellow head.
Yellow-headed Blackbird, Burton, ID 2009
ha ha! I’ve been with Mom when she has asked that very question of you. We just thought you were being a snot, but you were trying to be helpful!
I remember driving down to Ogden with my classmates to do an internship. They knew I was dating the “birdman” (that’s what they called you) so they asked me that same question when we passed one.