Bird Watching: Great Backyard Bird Count 2012, 0 by Elphaba

Elphaba wrote:
Amazing list Duck!

I just got so lucky! I knew that I had Brewer's Blackbirds around b/c the other day, I saw one call and compared with the calls on Cornell site and it was spot on for Brewer's. I can't always be sure that it's a Brewer's and not a really small Common Grackle. Today, first day of the GBBC, heard one calling and saw a female feeding right next to a female Brown-headed Cowbird! They were almost identical except that the Brewer's was so much bigger, and her dark eye separates her from other female Blackbirds. Here are a couple of pics. The first one has the cowbird right next to her. In the second one, the cowbird is off to the left and the Brewer's is surrounded by female Red-winged Blackbirds.

Now if the Bronzed Cowbird and Pine Warbler would just show up, I'd have a pretty complete day. I've been in the mood to garden today though, so I keep scaring the birds away. Must control myself!