On Monday 1/16/06 at 11:15AM I saw the YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD (YHBB)at the #23 Manitatou address. I saw 3 Starlings come from ON3 into the abrovitea (sp.?). Suddenly a Grackle appeared at the top of the abrovitea (sp.?). When I put my binocs up, the YHBB was there for a few moments, long enough to call it a life bird. Then it appeared a minute or two later in the platform feeder behind the trailer, easily seen from the street from the left of the house. The YHBB stayed in the feeded for a minute or two, then flushed then returned for a few seconds and was gone. I never saw the YHBB again, nor the Grackle nor the Starling although I stayed for another half hour.
I arrived at #23 Manitou at 8AM and did not see much except feeder birds until 8:30AM. Then I searched the neighborhood until 11AM, returning to #23 Manitou for a few minutes at 9AM and 10AM, what a waste. Then I returned to #23 Manitou at 11AM. I must mention that the police stopped me because of reports of me driving slowly around the neighborhood looking in houses with binoculars - I absolutely did not look into any houses but was searching the neighborhood for the YHBB. The officer was quite polite, quite curious and quite helpful. I did have printouts of the OntBirds emails on the YHBB. Incidently, is there a second YHBB near Trenton? That email confused me. Directions: Take Hwy 417 east from Ottawa, take exit #79 and turn right (south) on Hwy 5 (Limoges Rd.). Turn left onto County Rd 3, after the Petro-Canada gas station, and proceed past Cambridge School. Turn right on Manitou which is the 4th street past the school. Jerry Lazarczyk Grand Island NY
