Birds Likely to be Observed in Oregon

Location in Oregon - Red is Summer range

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Xanthocephalus Xanthocephalus. Locally common to abundant in cattail and tule marshes. No other North American bird has yellow head and black body. White wing patch is lacking in females and first-year males. The brownish females are easily overlooked in large flocks of blackbirds. Song of low rasping notes ends in a long descending buzz. Call is a distinctive low hoarse croak.

Date of Arrival - Average 4-9 - Early 4-6 - Late 4-14