Jerry,
those are female Brown-headed Cowbirds. They can look a little
different, depending on the light. Note the rather short heavy beak -
different from most blackbirds, which have longer sharper bills.
Good birding,
Tony Futcher
Hyattsville, MD
On 3/12/2017 6:03 PM, Jerry Blondell wrote:
Could someone help me identify the all-black birds in the two videos from my bird feeder cam this afternoon.
Reply directly to jblondell@xxxxxxx unless I've stumbled across something really rare, then reply to list.
Each video is just a minute long and has close ups of all black birds, with black eyes, and a thick beak. Has to be female cowbirds I guess, but guide books say they should be paler gray-brown (Sibley) and these don't look right?
https://youtu.be/4CfC-1Dzkkk
https://youtu.be/yO8_advIVcI
Jerry Blondell <https://youtu.be/yO8_advIVcI>
Springfield, Fairfax, VA <https://youtu.be/yO8_advIVcI>
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