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Shiny Cowbird behind the Dove? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter seelyea
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AmazonSupreme12
(AS)
It might be...
Where did you find it?
Where did you find it?
nartreb
Speak softly and carry a long lens
Yeah, I'm really confused about the location too.
Shiny cowbird implies Florida if within the US, but those look like yellow-headed blackbirds on the right, which is a western species! (In front of them with its back to us is a brown bird with long dark legs - presumably a female icterid.)
Which one do you think might be a shiny cowbird?
On the left there's a red-winged blackbird, behind it facing us there's a bird that can't be seen clearly (wild guess: another RWBB), then there's the bird seen in profile directly behind the dove. I'm not at all certain, but I think that bird's beak is too narrow to be a cowbird, so I'd call it a probable RWBB.
Shiny cowbird implies Florida if within the US, but those look like yellow-headed blackbirds on the right, which is a western species! (In front of them with its back to us is a brown bird with long dark legs - presumably a female icterid.)
Which one do you think might be a shiny cowbird?
On the left there's a red-winged blackbird, behind it facing us there's a bird that can't be seen clearly (wild guess: another RWBB), then there's the bird seen in profile directly behind the dove. I'm not at all certain, but I think that bird's beak is too narrow to be a cowbird, so I'd call it a probable RWBB.
AmazonSupreme12
(AS)
Maybe it's a Boat-tailed Grackle.
AmazonSupreme12
(AS)
Amen!
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
....but the bird facing away from us to the right of the dove looks like a cowbird to me? Knowing what country the pic was taken in would narrow the choices down a bit 
