Found it! @loren Here you go.

Exploring around Carson Lake last year, when it wasn't quite so full of water, and came across a bunch of Yellow-Headed Blackbirds flittering between the clumps of reeds on both sides of the road. The sun was setting and I was looking at them perfectly lit. These four stood out and I'm glad I managed to refind the image.

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At the north end of Upper Foxtail Lake, there is a pull off with a restroom and covered picnic area. The cliff swallows like using the canopy to build their mud nests in and by the time the season is over, it's covered in little mud caves. Once you walk past the picnic spot, there's a boardwalk leading out to two areas that extend out into the lake. One build onto a solid foundation while the other is left to float as the water raises and lowers. Several benches are along the water, allowing you to sit and see the smaller birds.

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Cattail Launch
A Yellow-headed Blackbird launches itself from the tops of the cattails out at the Summer Lake Wildlife Refuge in southern Oregon.
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The Happiest Color

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Okay, uploading to a separate site didn't work as well as I'd hoped, so sticking with posting pictures here.

While looking at the latest Sentinel 2 imagery (Great site if you haven't seen it https://sentinel2explorer.esri.com/ ) I saw that the excess water in the area had doubled the size of a reservoir and filled a pond marked on the map I'd never noticed. So off I went to explore.

Bounced a bit on a dry dike before coming to a sand dune. Carefully crawled to the top (me and sand are not the bestest of friends) and saw a wide expanse of desert was now a glittering lake.

I spotted my first American Avocets of the year wading around in the muck on the shore.

Lots of yellow-headed blackbirds croaking and calling from the trees and reeds surrounding the water.

There's a large tree that serves as a nest area for Great Egrets though today there was a bunch of Double-crested Cormorants and Great-tailed Grackles.

Bobbing in the water were a bunch of ducks. Canvasbacks, American Coots, Ruddy Ducks, and Mallards that I could make out.

All in all, pretty good day of checking out a new water area after work.

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One of the local signs of Spring is the return of yellow-headed blackbirds. I finally saw them yesterday and got pictures today. I love these little sunspots.

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Yellow-headed blackbirds are beautiful and I always get a kick out of their full bodied, head-thrown-back calls! You will hear them when they return in spring, no doubt about it. This is a favourite photo from my local patch.

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