Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia

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BLACKBIRDS

Yellow-headed Blackbird  Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

WINTER:  Accidental.  One, at a feeder, on 25 December 2010 at Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV (TD, KN, photographed).

SUMMER:  Accidental.  One in June 1960 at Huntington, Cabell Co., WV (RS, photographed, on file with National Photoduplicate File).

MIGRATION:

 Spring:  Accidental.  One on 07 May 1983 at Ashton, Mason Co., WV (JI, TI, GR); one male on 09 April 1994 at McClintic WMA (WA, MG, photographed); one on 23 April 2011 at Byrd Locks & Dam (WA, MG, DP, GR, RT)..

 Fall:  Accidental.  One on 06 October 2009 at Ashton, Mason Co., WV (GR); one on 30 October 1962 at McClintic WMA (TS) (Hall 1983); one on 17 October 1984 at Ona, Cabell Co., WV (HS, LW).

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