Photo Capture # 85 – Brown-headed Cowbird

11 thoughts on “Photo Capture # 85 – Brown-headed Cowbird”

Jet Eliot on May 12, 2019 at 9:31 am said:

Fantastic photo, HJ — the yellow background to highlight the two tones, and a beautiful pose.

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 12, 2019 at 4:26 pm said:
  
  Thank you, my friend. I appreciate it. 🙂
  
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sv-anui.com on May 12, 2019 at 5:46 pm said:

Very nice HJ, you have done well to capture the behaviour of the bird with the beautiful background.

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 12, 2019 at 6:52 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, Chris. I’m glad that you liked it. 🙂
  
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Jane's Heartsong on May 12, 2019 at 6:29 pm said:

They really do ride on the backs of the bison, they have a badd reputation for being parasitic, but are attractive-looking.

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 12, 2019 at 6:57 pm said:
  
  The birds know that, some other birds do reject the eggs, but some other don’t mind that occurrence. Thanks for sharing, Jane. 🙂
  
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de Wets Wild on May 12, 2019 at 10:30 pm said:

Their name to me would suggest that they fulfill the same role as our oxpeckers, i.e. attending large hooved animals and picking external parasites from their hides?

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 12, 2019 at 10:56 pm said:
  
  They eat all kinds of seeds and insects stirred by cattle from the grazing pastures, but they do not ride on the cattle to get them, I imagine that all the manure must have plenty of insects.
  
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  - de Wets Wild on May 13, 2019 at 1:42 am said:
    
    Very interesting, thanks for entertaining my curiosity!
bayphotosbydonna on May 14, 2019 at 3:56 pm said:

Awesome shot, HJ, I’ve always thought this bird unique-looking! 🙂

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 14, 2019 at 6:16 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Donna. 🙂
  
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