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 photo
I've had the good luck to spot the Yellow-headed blackbird twice and both
times it was associating with cowbirds, first time with a few female CB's,
second time with a small mixed group of CB's and red-wings, also mostly
female. Both times in the west Tern colony at Nickerson near the edge of
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