cowbird

Cowbird fluffed up in mating display. Pity these birds are parasitic.

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater ater) Juvenile male.

Screaming Cowbird (Molothrus rufoaxillaris) Unlike other cowbirds sexes are similar with the female being slightly smaller.

Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis bonariensis) Female.

Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis bonariensis) Male.

Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aenues aeneus)

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater ater) Male. The vegetation it is standing in is Waterhyssop (Bacopa monnieri: Scrophulariaceae).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater ater) Male displaying.

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater ater) Male.

Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus aeneus) Male displaying.

Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus aeneus) Male.

Taken at the Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve in Hillsboro, Oregon, USA at about 23m. New lifer for us, even if we didn't realize it at the time. I've learned to photograph even simple "little brown jobs" like this because never know when it is something new. We're never 100% sure...

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater subsp. ater) Male, species sexually dimorphic.

lovely female, everyone hates them, not me

Looks like he's had some hard luck.

Shiny Cowbird (female)

Shiny Cowbird (male)

Female Shiny Cowbird. We have flocks of them around here, flying around the house and setting up a racket.

Parasitic bird. Glossy black usually with a chocolate brown head

The Giant Cowbird is a huge eerie looking bird with red eyes and black feathers. I wonder what Victor Hugo would have thought? XD

This male Bronzed Cowbird was going thru his amazing mating dance, cupping the winds, fluffing up his head, dancing and bouncing around on the limb. Fun to watch!!

hanging at the reserve...