I left the immature male Yellow-headed Blackbird under Ken Feustel's capable guardianship, and it was still present when I returned 45 minutes later with Patricia Lindsay. As mentioned by Andrew, it associates with a big flock of Brown-headed Cowbirds, Red-winged Blackbirds, Boat-tailed Grackles, and European Starlings, portions of which rove around the park on a fairly rapid cycle. If the flock appears to be broken up into sub-flocks, focus your attention on the portions containing cowbirds.
This bird closely resembles the one I saw briefly at nearby Robert Moses SP on 5 October and could conceivably be the same individual. I've posted some photos in the "Long Island Fall 2011" album at: http://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404 Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________ From: bounce-38171878-3714...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-38171878-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Andrew Baksh [birdingd...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:38 AM To: nysbirds-l Cc: eBirds NYC; btb...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [nysbirds-l] Yellow-headed Blackbird at Captree State Park LI... Shai Mitra, just called to report finding a Yellow-headed Blackbird at Captree State Park. The bird was observed near the area where the Common Ground Dove was found last year, but seems to be roving quite a bit. If you go out there to try for the bird, please post negative or positive reports. Also, please give the bird room so as not to push it away. I am sure Shai will have more details on the bird later. Good Birding! Andrew Baksh Queens NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com<http://www.birdingdude.blogspot.com> -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- ________________________________ Change is in the Air - Smoking in Designated Areas Only in effect.<http://www.csi.cuny.edu/tobaccofree> Tobacco-Free Campus as of July 1, 2012. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
