Yesterday, May 1 at about 9:45 AM, I heard the distinctive "musical" 4 note phrase of a Yellow-headed Blackbird. The bird sang the phrase twice in succession, but only did that once in the hour I was there. I was unable to locate him. My eBird report follows. Sheryl Young Willow Point Wildlife Area, Erie, US-OH May 1, 2013 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: Walked slowly from building complex parking lot north along dike towards bay, then back. 33 species Canada Goose X Gadwall X Mallard X Blue-winged Teal X Great Blue Heron X Great Egret X Bald Eagle 8 8 immatures roosting on low branches or on exposed ground within northern impoundment Red-tailed Hawk X Killdeer X Ring-billed Gull X Common Tern X flock roosting and flying around nesting platform in bay Mourning Dove X Chimney Swift X Great Crested Flycatcher X Warbling Vireo X Blue Jay X Tree Swallow X Barn Swallow X House Wren X Carolina Wren X Eastern Bluebird X Gray Catbird X European Starling X Yellow Warbler X Palm Warbler X Yellow-rumped Warbler X Chipping Sparrow X Song Sparrow X Northern Cardinal X Red-winged Blackbird X Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 Distinctive "musical" 4 note phrase (as heard on Stokes CD) given twice in succession. Did not see bird or hear it again. Common Grackle X American Goldfinch X View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13961751 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]