Bird Identification: CLOSED: It's driving me crazy, 0 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
Elphaba: It doesn't look like a Veery to me. My bird book describes a Veery as 7 inches in length with reddish-brown above, gray sides, buff on breast with light spotting.


My first thought was maybe a female House Finch: http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/showimage/4420/

But I think it's too large for a finch. I'm leaning towards a possible female, (but probably Juvenile) Brown-headed Cowbird: http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/6/

This is a photo I took last spring of a female Brown-headed Cowbird: