Confirm ID? Yellow-Headed Blackbird - Austin, TX, US (1 Viewer)

[erisian.pope]

I can't find anything else in my Sibley's that could match these striking birds so I am pretty confident that these are Yellow-Headed Blackbirds. I checked Cornell's allaboutbirds for location information and it looks like central Texas is part of their migratory path, so I feel pretty lucky to have seen these birds grazing in a small patch of grass in a shopping center in central Austin.

Anyway, what do you good folks think?

 

[OK Birder]

Yes, indeed, Yellow-headed Blackbirds.

Lyn

 

[Gretchen]

Wow, nice birds, aren't they? Not bad at all to run into them at the shopping center!

 

[erisian.pope]

Thanks, y'all!

My wife and I spotted them on our way out of the shopping center, and caused a minor traffic-jam as we tried to find an out-of-the-way place to stop the car so I could take some snaps. I have never before seen any birds like these. So striking!

 

[njlarsen]

They have a really special sound as well.

Niels