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Brown-headed Cowbird (male)

A surprise visitor today. The Cowbird is a brood parasitic bird. It lays its eggs in the nests of other birds which then hatch and raise the cowbird's young. Excellent writeup in wikipedia.

 

Male Brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater)

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Uploaded on March 27, 2016
Taken on March 27, 2016