On Lansing Station Rd.: Female BROWN HEADED COWBIRD
SONG SPARROW The big flock of RED WINGED BLACKBIRDS continues alternating front and back yard feeding areas. Since the birds are quite close to me, I can see a lot of plumage detail among the RWBLs. It has been fun looking at the different color patterns. Some of the younger males are mostly black with just brown spots on their backs. There are a couple others that look more like a cross between a male and a female with definite black bellies, but with what looks almost like dark brownish striping on their backs, yet they have the little yellow part of the epaulet showing. Donna L. Scott Lansing -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --