Yellow-Headed Blackbird

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Closely related to meadowlarks, the Yellow-headed Blackbird breeds in reedy marshes overmuch of the western and north central USA. These highly migratory birds spend summers in North America from the Great Lakes into Canada’s prairie provinces, and west to central Washington, Oregon, eastern California, Nevada, and most western USA, including the northern Mississippi Valley. When winter approaches most of these birds head south into Mexico, while some will stay in the USA just north of the border.

I’ve enjoyed meeting these birds in the western USA during my travels. I usually find them in cattail marshes, though in Arizona I’ve found them at feed lots and freshly tilled agricultural fields.

Yellow-Headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus — **Yellow-Headed Blackbird**
*(Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)*

**Description:**
I found both Yellow-Headed and Red-Winged Blackbirds at Lee Metcalf NWR in the Bitterroot Valley near Stevensville, Montana.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:05:26 15:45

**Location:**

Lee Metcalf NWR
Bitterroot Valley, Montana
United States
3248.19 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** D3X4959-YellowHeadedBlackBird

© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **Yellow-Headed Blackbird**
*(Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)*

**Description:**
I found both Yellow-Headed and Red-Winged Blackbirds at Lee Metcalf NWR in the Bitterroot Valley near Stevensville, Montana.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:05:26 15:45

**Location:**

Lee Metcalf NWR
Bitterroot Valley, Montana
United States
3248.19 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** D3X4959-YellowHeadedBlackBird

© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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