 | I travel in flocks, and when I invade your backyard, don’t expect me to leave until your feeders are empty! Females will implant their eggs in the nests of other bird species, and most of the birds are silly enough to raise our babies as their own, leaving us to keep pigging out at your feeders! What a life! Most Likely Found: In the marsh, In your backyard When: Year-Round Where I've photographed: Read more: Brown-Headed Cowbird at Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
I have written 4 posts including a photo of a Brown-Headed Cowbird
April 6, 2011 - Northern Mockingbird The backyard is overrun with Brown-Headed Cowbirds. They clean out my tube feeder and tray feeder every couple of days. The male has a bright brown head, and the female is smaller and brown all over. These birds will introduce their eggs into other birds' nests, and lots…... Read more
March 2, 2011 - We had a very tired Brown-Headed Cowbird hanging out under the feeders this afternoon. He just sat there snoozing as the other birds vied for the bird feeder ports above him. Goldy enjoyed watching!... Brown-Headed Cowbird... Read more
February 21, 2011 - We haven't had many big flocks of blackbirds--Red-Wing Blackbirds, Brown-Headed Cowbirds, Common and Boat-Tailed Grackles--this winter. So it was kind of fun to look out and see a bunch of them congregated in the trees, waiting for their turn at the feeder. Feed us! Feed us! Where's mine?... Read more
