I spent several hours at Nickerson Beach today, searching for the long continuing but infrequently encountered Yellow-headed Blackbird that was reported again yesterday evening. There were tons of starlings and cowbirds moving around the area, but they were tricky to pin down. Reviewing my photos from the day, I was able to confirm that a briefly seen candidate in a distant passing flock was indeed the sought after vagrant. If you try for it, patience and luck are going to be necessary. The flocks seem to move throughout the entire area between Point Lookout and Lido Beach. For what it’s worth, the Yellow-headed Blackbird was associating with a group of cowbirds when I photographed it, rather than the massive hordes of starlings that I spent much of my day sifting through.
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