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Subject: Re: What bird WAS this??!
Keywords: gurgling, bowing
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Date: 16 Jun 91 23:51:25 GMT
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David Mark asks:


Immature cowbirds are very steaked below, and kind-of scaly above.  Adult
female cowbirds are quite uniform gray-brown above, slightly streaked
below.

It also seems a little unlikely that juvenile towhees would be at a feeder
without parents-- were there any adult towhees at the feeder at the time?


There are =always= adult towhees around my feeder, and yes, there were,
specifically at that time.

And the light was too poor to give an accurate description of the
female/baby/whatever.  But I do recall thinking it was a baby from its less
than perfect looking feathers and its "baby" face -- (oh, you know what I
mean).