BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD
(Molothrus ater)

 
                                     
Notorious for laying eggs in other birds' nests
       
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Brown-headed Cowbird
Wallingford, CT
October 29, 2010 ©John Schwarz 		Brown-headed Cowbird
Agassiz NWR, Marshall County, MN
June 17, 2010 ©John Schwarz
   
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           Spot-breasted Oriole


    
Brown-headed Cowbird - molting male
Sikorsky Airport, Stratford, CT
September 6, 2009 ©John Schwarz 		Brown-headed Cowbird - juvenile
Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT
August 22, 2007 ©John Schwarz
 
Brown-headed Cowbird - pair
Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT
May 2005 ©John Schwarz 		  Brown-headed Cowbird
Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT
July 2005 ©John Schwarz