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#80504
April 2nd, 2006 at 02:13 AM
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Another unidentified bird...2 in a 2 day period...WOW...... Anyone know what this is...sorry the picture isn't great again....I can't get too close or they fly away. That fine looking birdfeeder was a gift from Cindy for guessing Lolas middle name...it has a matching birdhouse that I have in that tree too.
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#80505
April 2nd, 2006 at 02:52 AM
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Looks like a brown-headed cowbird and looks like you aren't the only one to see one! Check out Thorny\'s reply here.
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#80506
April 2nd, 2006 at 02:58 AM
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#80507
April 2nd, 2006 at 02:59 AM
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Wow, that looks just like it....thanks Mel...2 mystery birds in 2 days...I just think it's fantastic!!!!
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#80508
April 2nd, 2006 at 03:02 AM
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How come I have never seen one of those birds at my feeders?
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#80509
April 2nd, 2006 at 04:21 AM
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I don't have Cowbirds at my feeders either, Cindy, but they are in the neighbor's yard juswt 30 feet from my feeders ALL the time. Cowbirds are fickle (and SATANIC )
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#80510
April 2nd, 2006 at 04:55 AM
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Why don't you like them Thorny????
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#80511
April 2nd, 2006 at 04:58 AM
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I think I just saw a catbird.......never noticed them around here either.....this has been a heck of a past few days for new bird sightings here.
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#80512
April 2nd, 2006 at 06:49 AM
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Cowbirds do NOT build a nest OR raise their own young. A female Cowbird finds the nest of some other species of bird and removes one egg and lays one of her own to replace it. The unsuspecting Cardinal or Warbler or whatever then raises the Cowbird chick as one of her own. often the baby Cowbirds KICK the other babies out of the nest until only they remain ! Many endangered birds have their numbers further reduced by this Cowbird behavior. Google Cowbird Behavior to learn more about this destructive behavior.
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#80513
April 2nd, 2006 at 06:55 AM
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Here are some Brown-Headed Cowbird Males I took a picture of in my neighbor's yard. SEE! They really are brown!
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#80514
April 2nd, 2006 at 07:11 AM
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Well that's not very nice of them. :p :p
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#80515
April 2nd, 2006 at 07:36 AM
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Well...I went outside awhile ago and look what was at my feeder...and the entire maple tree was full of them!
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#80516
April 2nd, 2006 at 07:46 AM
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wow- they sure are popping up a lot now that spring has finally sprung huh? yea- i had heard about their behavior and wasn't so thrilled with it, but nature is nature i suppose.
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#80517
April 2nd, 2006 at 08:30 AM
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Brown-Headed Cowbirds are in most of the Eastern US all year but spread out in the Fall/Winter. In spring?Summer they cluster together in large groupd for mating and nest-stealing and then disperse.
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#80518
April 2nd, 2006 at 08:33 AM
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The ones with gun-metal blue bodies and brown heads are males, Cindy. The ALL greyish/brown birds are the evil, fiendish females. (But they're cute)
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#80519
April 2nd, 2006 at 08:48 AM
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the evil, fiendish females. (But they're cute) Most of us evil, fiendish females are kinda cute!
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#80520
April 2nd, 2006 at 09:55 AM
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#80521
April 2nd, 2006 at 09:59 AM
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#80522
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:52 AM
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Last year in my garden we had a little chipping sparrow feeding a Brown headed cowbird.The baby cowbird was twice the size of the "parent" feeding it.It did look like an over worked "Mom" Dave
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