5/26/02 Hidden Valley Wildlife Area, Norco, Riverside County, CA
5/2/07 On a bird feeder on our property, La Cresta, Murrieta, Riverside County, CA
LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: Brown-Headed Cowbird
COMMON NAME: Brown-Headed Cowbird
SPECIES: Molothrus ater
FAMILY: Icteridae (Blackbirds & Allies)
FAMILY: Icteridae (Blackbirds & Allies)
LIFE LIST DATE: 5/26/2002
LOCATION: Hidden Valley Wildlife Area, Norco, Riverside County, CA
From Kaufman Focus Guide-Birds of North America:
HABITAT/BEHAVIOR: This open country bird has prospered with the clearing of forests. Very common today, its nests parasitism threatens populations of some smaller birds. Named for habit of feeding near cattle and other grazers, cowbirds walk on ground with tails held up. Often flocks with other blackbirds in winter.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 7 1/2"; Male glossy black with contrasting brown head. Female confusing, plain dusty brown with dark sparrow like bill. Juvenile streaked at first.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 7 1/2"; Male glossy black with contrasting brown head. Female confusing, plain dusty brown with dark sparrow like bill. Juvenile streaked at first.
VOICE: Low gurgles and high thin notes. Call note long liquid rattle; thin seee-leeeet in flight.
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