Yellow-headed Blackbird

Great-tailed grackles are highly adaptable and opportunistic foragers. Their diet includes insects, seeds, grains, small invertebrates, and human food waste, which allows them to take advantage of a wide range of habitats and changing conditions. This might also be why they can be known as dumpster divers in more populated areas. 

Written by Peter Pearsall/Photo by Peter Pearsall    Bold, brash, and unmistakable, the yellow-headed blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) is one of North America’s most striking marsh birds. With its golden head and jet-black body, the male looks almost