Okay, I didn’t learn about the name, but I do know that this one, being in Louisiana, is most apt to be a Bronzed Cowbird. Thanks for helping me learn something new today, Mike McBride Photography.
Janet, we think this is a brown-headed cowbird. He is a bad, bad man. After an initial rush of excitement at seeing a “new” bird, we did research and now understand that he is not a welcome sight at the feeder.
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Off I go to look up how it got its name.
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Okay, I didn’t learn about the name, but I do know that this one, being in Louisiana, is most apt to be a Bronzed Cowbird. Thanks for helping me learn something new today, Mike McBride Photography.
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Janet, we think this is a brown-headed cowbird. He is a bad, bad man. After an initial rush of excitement at seeing a “new” bird, we did research and now understand that he is not a welcome sight at the feeder.
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/life/home-garden/2015/10/08/invasive-cowbirds-crash-smaller-birds-nests/73523558/
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I’m learning much from the McBride School of Birding. ??
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The cow bird has an interesting history….explaining why they do what they do!
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Are they in Central Oregon, Jill Craft?
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Janet Phillips McKensey not that I know of. I haven’t ever seen one. I learned about them on a birding site.