Texas
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
(L 9.5" WS 15" Wt 2.3 oz)
Song sounds like a
rusty gate opening.
 Species
Status is
Endangered
in Illinois
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)
21Apr2013
15Apr2015 South Padre Island
17Apr2018
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H. Gunn
Macaulay
Library
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Ornithology
 
 
Xanthocephalus in Greek
means yellow-headed.