A female Yellow Headed Blackbird musters all of her strength for a call from a cattail perch. Shiloh Conservation Area, Billings, Montana May 2018.
A male Yellow Headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) and Cattails at Shiloh Conservation Area, Billings, Montana May 2018. Xanthocephalus is derived from the Greek words "xanthos" and "cephalus" meaning yellow and head respectively.
An American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) at sunrise, Lake Bowdoin, Montana, May 2018. Canon 5D IV, 500mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x, ISO 640, 1/2500 second @ f/5.6, image size 5764 x 3843 pixels.