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Cowbird (female)

Molothrus ater

Description:

Medium sized bird, dull colors compared to the male who has a dark black body and brown head. Known to be aggressive at feeders. They also will place their own eggs in other birds nests for other birds to raise.

Habitat:

west central ga

Notes:

this one got a bit concussed after hitting the window. It was able to fly off on its on later. This link wouldn't load earlier: https://ebird.org/species/bnhcow

1 Species ID Suggestions

jazz.mann
jazz.mann 2 years ago
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater Brown-headed Cowbird


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3 Comments

jazz.mann
jazz.mann 2 years ago

happy to help

momsavang
momsavang 2 years ago

Thank you jazz.man! I forgot to come back here and do identifiers!

jazz.mann
jazz.mann 2 years ago

yes, female

momsavang
Spotted by
momsavang

Cataula, Georgia, United States

Spotted on Jan 25, 2021
Submitted on Jan 25, 2021

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