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Help with a Bird ID #14409 04/05/08 05:05 PM 04/05/08 05:05 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Mesa, Arizona USA S Shutter Bubba OP Tracker
Shutter Bubba OP Tracker S Joined: Jan 2008 Mesa, Arizona USA	Took this picture this morning and can not ID it from any of my bird books..

Re: Help with a Bird ID [Re: Shutter Bubba] #14410 04/05/08 06:14 PM 04/05/08 06:14 PM
Joined: Feb 2007 Williamsburg, Va Joe Piotrowski Journeyman
Joe Piotrowski Journeyman Joined: Feb 2007 Williamsburg, Va	Not really sure but I believe it to be a female cowbird. What kind of habitat and where in the US? Joe Piotrowski www.avipics.net

Re: Help with a Bird ID [Re: Joe Piotrowski] #14411 04/05/08 06:29 PM 04/05/08 06:29 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Mesa, Arizona USA S Shutter Bubba OP Tracker
Shutter Bubba OP Tracker S Joined: Jan 2008 Mesa, Arizona USA	At the Gilbert Water Ranch in Arizona, 120 acres of wet land with lots of shrubs, trees, etc. I thought so at first but then it looked like the cowbird has a dark band through the eyes this one is just the opposite, also I believe they have a dark beak? Last edited by Shutter Bubba; 04/05/08 06:36 PM.

Re: Help with a Bird ID [Re: Shutter Bubba] #14412 04/05/08 06:43 PM 04/05/08 06:43 PM
Joined: Feb 2007 Williamsburg, Va Joe Piotrowski Journeyman
Joe Piotrowski Journeyman Joined: Feb 2007 Williamsburg, Va	The female has no dark band in my book. It does have a paler area around the eye like this bird. The Habitat fits too.No other large brown birds are common. The more I look at it the more convinced I am that it is a Cowbird. Joe Piotrowski www.avipics.net

Re: Help with a Bird ID [Re: Joe Piotrowski] #14413 04/05/08 06:56 PM 04/05/08 06:56 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Mesa, Arizona USA S Shutter Bubba OP Tracker
Shutter Bubba OP Tracker S Joined: Jan 2008 Mesa, Arizona USA	Sounds good to me, Thank you so much.. Yes I just bought another book of birds native to Arizona and it list this bird as a Female Cowbird Last edited by Shutter Bubba; 04/05/08 11:32 PM.

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