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Help identifying these Bison-loving birds? (1 Viewer)

AlB

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Found these birds atop Bison in the Lamar Valley at Yellowstone National Park, 7/13/23. Would someone please identify them? May I assume they're looking for critters in the Bison's fur?
As always, thanks for your expertise!
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Could the "other stuff" be a cowbird? And what about the two darker birds on the back of the buffalo; their bills don't look starling-like (perhaps just the angle)?
 
With only this single image I am unsure about the upper right hand bird, just like Butty. For the rest I am with the groups saying Starlings.
Niels
 
Indeed, some stuff above the head which looks very disturbing (camera artefacts I guess), if you remove them, you have a perfect adult starling with yellow bill
Yep that's a starling. For some reason it looks much more blue zoomed out.
 

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