Yellow-headed Blackbird - On an early morning trip to Iona Island a came across two male yellow-headed blackbirds working the edge of the pond. They were relatively relaxed as a slowly followed along with the exercise. These birds are very easy to detect in the spring with the yellow beacon on their head and the conspicuous white wing patch but most notable is the absoultely anti-melodic screechy growl. There is something about it that says
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Richmond, BC