An Unexpected Surprise Tonight!

An immature Yellow-headed Blackbird (one year old), was enjoying the scenery under the Bluewater Bridges this evening. They are considered to be a mid-western species but a few nesting colonies exist in the east. They breed and roost in freshwater wetlands with dense emergent vegetation such a cattails. (Cornell Lab, All About Birds) Occasionally, young birds not yet ready to mate, will fly off course out of their normal range.

Most of his time was spent foraging for insects in the field. He enjoyed eating the small moths that were plentiful.

He twice flew to the edge of the St. Clair River for a drink on this hot evening!

Bluewater Bridges are in the background!

 It was my first time seeing this species in Lambton County!