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Can anyone help i.d. this bird??

17 years ago

Hello,

Can anyone help me i.d. this bird? I live in the Pacific Northwest. I have lots of house finches around here, but this can't be one. It's too big, I think, and the tail is too long and it's bigger than the normal house finches. It runs on the ground like a robin, rather fast, but it doesn't look like a baby robin to me--- it does look like a juvenile of some kind, though.

I would love to know what it is. I know it's rather nondescript looking.

Anyone? Thanks.........

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Comments (3)

Elly_NJ
17 years ago
It's a female Brown-headed cowbird.
janie_may
17 years ago
I would "2nd" that.
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champagne
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks for your help...I had no idea whatsoever. I've never seen one before, and certainly never seen a male or anything else like it. But I just looked it up and it's not a nice bird to have around. I think it went away and I sure hope it doesn't come back.

Here is a link that might be useful: Cowbird eggs in nestboxes -- Sialis.org

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