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Black-headed Wagtail

Motacilla flava feldegg

Photo by NicoleB
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Field Notes

Description:

Bright yellow with distinctive black head.
Constantly wagging it's tail up and down.

Habitat:

Golf course during migration

Notes:

I've made a blogpost with a collection of some of the Yellow Wagtail variations that exist and added photos of the ones I've found so far.
http://nicoleb.org/mnblog/2011/04/yellow-wagtail-schafstelze-motacilla-…

Reference Links:

Yellow Wagtail, Western Yellow Wagtail - BirdForum Opus

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Comments (3)
NicoleB
Thank you both - it's sometimes a bit tough to get the background looking anything but blown out in this blazing sun here :)
SusanEllison
what a contrast against that background...great shot!

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PublishedJuly 26, 2011

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