Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
The male is mainly black with yellow head and breast, they have white wing patch sometimes only visible in flight.They also have a sharply pointed black bill.
This species has a unique call, described as a strange mixture of gurgling, honking and strangling noises.
Depending on the quality of his territory, a males yellow- headed blackbird may be able to acquire up to six to eight mates.
The yellow-headed blackbird is 8 to 12 inches long.
Yellow-headed blackbirds always build their nests over the water, nestlings sometimes fall in and have to swim a short distance to the vegetation.
These birds are omnivores , eating both animals and plant food. They eat mostly aquatic insects in the summer and seeds in he winter months. They also eat waste grain in farm fields.
The male is mainly black with yellow head and breast, they have white wing patch sometimes only visible in flight.They also have a sharply pointed black bill.
This species has a unique call, described as a strange mixture of gurgling, honking and strangling noises.
Depending on the quality of his territory, a males yellow- headed blackbird may be able to acquire up to six to eight mates.
The yellow-headed blackbird is 8 to 12 inches long.
Yellow-headed blackbirds always build their nests over the water, nestlings sometimes fall in and have to swim a short distance to the vegetation.
These birds are omnivores , eating both animals and plant food. They eat mostly aquatic insects in the summer and seeds in he winter months. They also eat waste grain in farm fields.
