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Black-headed Wagtail

Motacilla flava feldegg

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...

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3 Comments

NicoleB
NicoleB 12 years ago

Thank you both - it's sometimes a bit tough to get the background looking anything but blown out in this blazing sun here :)

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

what a contrast against that background...great shot!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Beautiful!

NicoleB
Spotted by
NicoleB

Madīnat al-Kuwayt - مدينة الكويت, Hawalli, Kuwait

Spotted on Apr 15, 2011
Submitted on Jul 26, 2011

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