| Common Name: | Cowbird, Brown-headed | | Scientific Name: | Molothrus ater | | Family: | Icterudae | | Area: | Buckskin Mountain State Park, Arizona | | Date: | February 26, 2011 | 
Brown-headed Cowbirds are smaller than Red-winged Blackbirds and Brewer's Blackbird. They lack the red slash of the Red-winged, and the yellow eyes of the male Brewer's. The upper photo is of three adult males, lower photo is a juvenile. | 
Dallas Retirement Village - - - Dallas, Oregon - - July 5, 2020 | 
Huddleston Pond - Willamina, Oregon - July 13, 2019. This is actually a Song Sparrow's nest with one egg, the other three eggs are Brown-headed Cowbird eggs. | | Reference: | National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America / The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America by Sibley |
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