David,
Sorry for originally pressing send before the attachment. I think you may be
correct about the Brown-headed cowbird. The bird in question seemed to be very
interested in a calling Eastern Towhee male that was about 5 feet away from
this bird, and it did look somewhat like a juvenile Towhee. I just ran it
through iBird photo sleuth which gave it a 60% chance of being a European
Starling, but that did not look right. Now I am wondering if the Cowbird, if
that is indeed what it is, was raised in a Towhee nest.
Scott
On May 1, 2019, at 1:51 PM, David B Coe <davidbcoeauthor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I’m probably wrong about this, but based on the fine streaking, the fact that
the head color is not all that dark, and the general shape and attitude of the
bird, I would call this a juvenile cowbird. Would be very interested to know
what others think.
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On May 1, 2019, at 1:46 PM, Scott Heppel (Redacted sender "scott.heppel" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
Sorry for failing to attache the photo earlier.
On May 1, 2019, at 1:34 PM, Scott Heppel <scott.heppel@xxxxxx
<mailto:scott.heppel@xxxxxx>> wrote:
I think this might be a juvenile Eastern Towhee. The size looked right when I
saw the bird. Anyone out there have an opinion? Any suggestions
appreciated.
Photographed 4/28/2019 in East Memphis, Kirby Woods.
Scott Heppel
Shelby County
Memphis
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