Even though Brown-headed Cowbirds are native to North America, many people consider them a nuisance bird, since they destroy the eggs and young of smaller songbirds and have been implicated in the decline of several endangered species.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Best Guess at Mystery Birds
We were a bit mystified by these unfamiliar-looking birds with thick-looking heads that are paler than their bodies, which we passed on a walk Tuesday evening. After doing some online sleuthing, my initial suspicion was confirmed and I'm almost certain these are female or juvenile Brown-headed Cowbirds. As allaboutbirds.org notes at the link above:
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I agree that the birds look like cowbirds. By the way, I posted a link to a Lake Nakuru photo under your comment on my blog. Any luck seeing Indigo Buntings?
nice blog and nice photo; bravo
Most certainly brown-headed cowbirds. Their parasitic behavior has indeed become a problem since they no longer have any buffalo herds to follow. I have seen them feeding at my feeders in the city of MPLS for the first time this summer. I have a picture of a baby cowbird that a pair of cardinals were raising as their own in my front yard. Nice shots.
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