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cowbird

  1. Procreus

    Brown Headed Cowbird? Meridian Idaho, United States

    Hello! I was walking through the park earlier today and this bird was sitting right by the path and didn’t move as I got closer. I thought it might be injured because it wasn’t moving at all, but a Brewer’s Blackbird showed up and they started looking for food together on the ground. I think it...
  2. Brown-headed Cowbird (juvenile male)

    Brown-headed Cowbird (juvenile male)

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

    Screaming Cowbird

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

    Shiny Cowbird (female)

    Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis bonariensis) Female.
  5. Shiny Cowbird (male)

    Shiny Cowbird (male)

    Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis bonariensis) Male.
  6. Bronzed Cowbird (male)

    Bronzed Cowbird (male)

    Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aenues aeneus)
  7. Brown-headed Cowbird (male)

    Brown-headed Cowbird (male)

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

    Brown-headed Cowbird (male)

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

    Brown-headed Cowbird (male)

    Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater ater) Male.
  10. Bronzed Cowbird (male)

    Bronzed Cowbird (male)

    Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus aeneus) Male displaying.
  11. Bronzed Cowbird (male)

    Bronzed Cowbird (male)

    Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus aeneus) Male.
  12. Brown-Headed Cowbird

    Brown-Headed Cowbird

    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...
  13. Brown-headed Cowbird (male)

    Brown-headed Cowbird (male)

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

    female cowbird

    lovely female, everyone hates them, not me
  15. Miss Cowbird

    Miss Cowbird

  16. Greyish Baywing

    Greyish Baywing

  17. Cowbird veteran

    Cowbird veteran

    Looks like he's had some hard luck.
  18. Shiny Cowbird (female)

    Shiny Cowbird (female)

    Shiny Cowbird (female)
  19. Shiny Cowbird (male)

    Shiny Cowbird (male)

    Shiny Cowbird (male)
  20. Cowbird perched on tree

    Cowbird perched on tree

  21. Scout out the area...

    Scout out the area...

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

    Brown-headed cowbird

    Parasitic bird. Glossy black usually with a chocolate brown head
  23. The Evil One.

    The Evil One.

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

    Bronzed Cowbird

    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!!
  25. Cowbird

    Cowbird

    hanging at the reserve...
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