However, food and water supplies may also attract birds you don’t want, like the cowbird. Native to North America, the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) has a reputation for being destructive to ...

Foraging birds are commonly seen on the ground with ... is equal in length or longer than the second outermost primary (P8). The brown-headed cowbird increased its range and population greatly ...

The Brown-headed cowbird is one of two cowbird species in North America. Both species are brood parasites - they lay their eggs in the nests of other birds. Brown-headed cowbirds are native to ...

By far, the most regular brown bird on our feeder is the female house finch. The male has a pink head and breast and ... red-winged blackbird or the female cowbird. Although they are in Ohio ...

Thick rods are found in birds with weak iridescent coloring such as in the brown-headed cowbird (top row, left), while all other types produce brilliant iridescence. The researchers found that the ...