In Farmington Bay, it would be a mistake to only look in the water for birds.
Although you can find many birds in the water, including the occasional Yellow-Headed Blackbird,
the real action is in the grass
This is a male Yellow-Headed Blackbird. Check out his song, it sounds to me like a collision of large mechanical objects.
and these are females
Female blackbirds are always brown, but this is the first type I’ve come across that also includes the color in the name. For example, the female Red-Winged Blackbird has no red. Yellow-Headed Blackbirds appear in Utah around March and they stay visible all summer.
The first time I saw one was when we lived in California. I had opened the curtains in the living room and on top of this bright green plant was a yellow bird trying to eat buds off the plant. It was amazing! I had never seen a large native bird with such startling colors. Being a blackbird, these guys are seriously unappreciated by the birding community, but I’m always excited to see them. They make any scene look better. I leave you with a picture of Yellow-Headed Blackbirds from Deseret Ranch:
