They say Marilyn Monroe couldn’t do it. Paris Hilton can’t do it. Blondes can’t easily hide. Bright yellow heads turn heads.
When I went looking for a rumored Yellow-headed Blackbird in an out of the way swamp near Chicago I saw these birds from a distance. Didn’t even need binoculars.
They’re something to see, too, because they’re not common this far east. Their range just edges into the western part of Chicago’s sprawl.
Yellow heads are head turners. Maybe that’s why our “Hidden Bird” contest for February didn’t fool anybody.
We got a slew of people who found our hidden Yellow-headed Blackbird, starting from the first day of February. That’s when this bird slunk onto our site, but it couldn’t stay out of sight.
February’s just about over and so is the contest. We’re going to have a drawing soon and announce a winner. Details will be in our “Hidden Bird Contest” page.
But, hey, you’ve still got a day or so to find our Yellow-headed head-turner. Why not join the crowd? You could win something, but even if you don’t it’s fun to make the sighting.
And if you want to scope the real thing, there’s that swamp outside of Chicago. We like to protect our blondes’ privacy, so we can’t get too specific. But if you nose around, somebody’s bound to point you in the right direction.
Can’t make it to Chi-town, but sure would like to see that Yellow head. Last significant Blackbirds I saw (these guys were all black, not a yellow head nor a red-wing in the bunch) was a gang of about 10,000 that descended on the apartment complex for an afternoon last fall.
Completely insane, and pure Southern Gothic