[cayugabirds-l] Cowbird musing.

I'm looking at a male cowbird on my feeder. And I realize that every time I look at a cowbird, I'm looking at a bird that some bird OTHER than a cowbird raised. Strange. Must be LOTS of foster "parents" out there. Sar -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Cowbird or grackle with pigment problems?

Carol Johnson and I were on the East Trail boardwalk at Sapsucker Woods on Thursday morning, enjoying the sounds of several Northern Waterthrushes and a Great Crested Flycatcher, when we both spied a peculiar bird snooping around the base of a tree in the marsh not far from the boardwalk. We

[cayugabirds-l] cowbird and phoebe

Hi all, I just witnessed one of those sad natural scenes - a female cowbird stole two eggs from a phoebe nest, which is above the light at our back door, and proceeded to eat the yolks. Phoebes are common cowbird hosts and I assume she will lay in that nest, and that's I know this is just the

[cayugabirds-l] Cowbird

A male Brown-headed Cowbird visited one of my feeders here on Rumsey Road in T'burg. Annette -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[cayugabirds-l] Cowbird

Among the 40 or so blackbirds at my feeders this morning there was at least one male Brown-headed Cowbird. My FOY in the yard. Annette -- from my phone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] cowbird invasion

15 cowbirds, 8 mature males, 7 females suddenly arrived below the feeders on a deck. Hile School Road, just out of basin. (Owasco Lake drainage) Anne Clark -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Cowbird

Among my many (ugh) English Sparrows this morning was a single female Cowbird. Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re: [cayugabirds-l] cowbird?

Hi Liz, It certainly could have been a BH Cowbird. They will occasionally overwinter in our area. There has been a large flock,(~50) visiting feeders at Lake Como again this winter. Happy birding, Gary On Feb 12, 2015, at 11:42 AM, Liz Brown e...@cornell.edumailto:e...@cornell.edu wrote:

[cayugabirds-l] cowbird?

Hi all, This morning I had what looked like an all-black cowbird at my feeder in Mecklenburg - it had the overall shape and heavy bill of a brown-headed cowbird, and was roughly the same size, but it was black all over. I can say with certainty that it wasn't a blackbird or a grackle. Any

[cayugabirds-l] cowbird parasitization question

A few days ago I noticed a male brown-headed cowbird sitting on the wire fairly close to an active house-finch nest. The finches were not making a fuss in his presence. The next day, 2 eggs were smashed on the porch. The finches are still hanging around the nest, however, and being busy and

[cayugabirds-l] Cowbird feeding behavior

Sometime back there was a string about the evolution of a strategy used by cowbirds to feed, i.e., following along as the herds of buffalo stirred up insect food, as these animals slowly sauntered along foraging on the prairie grasses. A couple weeks ago I got to experience first hand this