Yellow-headed Blackbird Images, Facts and Information:
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Yellow-headed Blackbirds feed, breed, and roost in freshwater wetlands that have emergent vegetation such as cattails, rushes, and tall reeds.
- They are aggressive towards Red-winged Blackbirds who share their habitat and will take over prime nesting areas.
- Yellow-headed Blackbirds are migratory and can be seen migrating in huge flocks at times.
- Yellow-headed Blackbirds eat insects in the summer and seeds during the colder months.
- The females and juveniles are less colorful than an adult male and they are brown instead of basically black.
- They lay 3 to 5 eggs and the incubation period is 11 to 13 days.
- Yellow-headed Blackbirds can live to be more than 11 years old.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Yellow-headed Blackbird photos.
Male Yellow-headed Blackbird on an April morning
Title: Male Yellow-headed Blackbird on an April morning
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/5/2021
Yellow-headed Blackbird male on a spring morning
Title: Yellow-headed Blackbird male on a spring morning
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/5/2021
Spring Yellow-headed Blackbird male
Title: Spring Yellow-headed Blackbird male
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/5/2021
Male Yellow-headed Blackbird perched in phrags
Title: Male Yellow-headed Blackbird perched in phrags
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/5/2021
Spring Adult male Yellow-headed Blackbird
Title: Spring Adult male Yellow-headed Blackbird
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/31/2021
Female Yellow-headed Blackbird foraging on the ground
Title: Female Yellow-headed Blackbird foraging on the ground
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/12/2019
Male Yellow-headed Blackbird displaying on a cattail
Title: Male Yellow-headed Blackbird displaying on a cattail
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/12/2019
Back view of a male Yellow-headed Blackbird on a cattail
Title: Back view of a male Yellow-headed Blackbird on a cattail
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/12/2019
Male Yellow-headed Blackbird calling from a cattail in the marsh
Title: Male Yellow-headed Blackbird calling from a cattail in the marsh
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/12/2019
Male Yellow-headed Blackbird perched on a cattail in early morning light
Title: Male Yellow-headed Blackbird perched on a cattail in early morning light
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/12/2019
Yellow-headed Blackbird male preening on a cattail
Title: Yellow-headed Blackbird male preening on a cattail
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/12/2019
Yellow-headed Blackbird male displaying in the marsh at Bear River MBR
Title: Yellow-headed Blackbird male displaying in the marsh at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/2/2019
Springtime Yellow-headed Blackbird
Title: Springtime Yellow-headed Blackbird
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/27/2018
Male Yellow-headed Blackbird portrait at Farmington Bay
Title: Male Yellow-headed Blackbird portrait at Farmington Bay
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/28/2017
Male Yellow-headed Blackbird close up at Farmington Bay
Title: Male Yellow-headed Blackbird close up at Farmington Bay
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/28/2017
Yellow-headed Blackbird male calling up close
Title: Yellow-headed Blackbird male calling up close
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/12/2017
Male Yellow-headed Blackbird portrait
Title: Male Yellow-headed Blackbird portrait
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/2/2016
Female Yellow-headed Blackbird looking for prey
Title: Female Yellow-headed Blackbird looking for prey
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/11/2015
Yellow-headed Blackbird male just before lift off
Title: Yellow-headed Blackbird male just before lift off
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/3/2015
Male Yellow-headed Blackbird in a field of wildflowers
Title: Male Yellow-headed Blackbird in a field of wildflowers
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/29/2013