That would be Yellow-headed Blackbird, and not local. Just returned from a quick trip to visit family in Utah and a long time friend in Jackson WY. Dropped off our 14 yr old at a ranch camp in Cody WY, cowboy-up. Just a fabulous place to visit ! Touring the west is soooo fun ! such gorgeous scenery. Mountains w/ snow and green valleys. Drove through Yellowstone NP. Great wildlife: 2 griz, Pronghorn, Mule deer, Mtn Goats and 3 Big Horn Sheep. Y-hBl's like wet areas, w/ cattails.great vocalizations. The Harlequins were unbelievable..hanging in rapids, feeding. A Dipper did its water feeding while looking at the Harlequins. GcRF's were way cool ! nice big flock feeding almost on the snow. Will look forward to returning. 80 Bird species. Highlights: Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Harlequin Ducks, Gray-crowned Rosy Finches. In order of appearance: Black-billed Magpies Mourning and Eurasian Collared Doves Red-shafted Flickers TuVu, Red-tailed Hawks Brewer's Blackbirds, Red-wings too. Swallows: Violet Green, Cliff, Bank, Barn, No. Roughwing Sandhill Cranes w/ young. Yellow and Audubon's Warbler Lazuli Bunting Black-headed Grosbeak Western Phoebe Spotted Sandpiper Mountain Bluebirds (gorgeous). Western Bluebirds. Cassin's Finch (in mountains) Golden Eagle (quite close, being chased by ravens) Chipping, Savannah, and White-cr. Sparrows. Vesper in high country. Am. Kestrels Broad-tailed Hummingbirds Osprey, Bald Eagles. Prairie and Peregrine Falcons. White Pelicans. Ring-billed, Franklins and Herring Gulls. Trumpeter Swans. Western Meadowlarks. Gray Jays. Water Ouzel (aka Dipper). Barrow's Goldeneyes, Am. Widgeons, No.Shovelers, Green-wingTeal, Cinnamon Teal, Common Mergs, Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Ducks Sage Thrasher in Yellowstone Park, Lamar Valley. Along w/ 1,000+ Bison. Swainson's Thrush and tons of Am. Robins. Gray-crowned Rosy Finches..maybe 120 up high in northern Wy, road was closed due to snow Am. Pipit and Vesper Sparrow near GcRF's. Evening Grosbeak, Warbling Vireos. Western Grebes in Yell. Lake. Killdeer, Willet, Wilson's Phalaropes and Caspian Tern in WY near UT border. 8-) Bill Shepard Project Coordinator CT River Birding Trail 2360 Academy Road Thetford Center, VT 05075 Home: 802 785-2855 **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************