Yellow-headed Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
(L 9.5" WS 15" Wt 2.3 oz)
Song sounds like a
rusty gate opening.
So. Padre Island
Texas
21-2Apr2013
Don Jones,
XC1292
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Blackbird! sing me something well:
While all the neighbors shoot thee round,
I keep smooth plats of fruitful ground,
Where thou may’st warble, eat and dwell.
(Lord Alfred Tennyson)