Yesterday, Barbara Blaisdell and Frank Quevedo picked out two male *YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS* in a flock of a thousand or more icterids in Calverton (Suffolk Co.). This is near Riverhead. The flock was at the first farm on the right-hand side when you turn left onto Route 25 west from Edwards Avenue. Always a notable rarity on Long Island, the presence of two birds is especially exciting and well worth looking for if you are in the area. Please post if you are successful. These large flocks can range widely in search of food or drinking water, so any blackbird flock in the general area is worth a careful scan through. -- Angus Wilson New York City & The Springs, NY, USA
-- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
