From the top: Brown-headed Cowbird, two images. Female Bullock’s Oriole, not yellow at head and tail, pale gray on the belly and dark back, two images. Male Yellow-headed Blackbird, logo of the Malheur Field Station. Two male images, then two of the female, including the last one that shows a hint of color on her wing. All these birds are in breeding plumage.
Posted by: atowhee | June 14, 2010
Further Mist Net Finds
Posted in birding, birds, Icterids, migratory birds, natural history, oregon, research | Tags: Bullock's Oriole, cowbird, feathers, molt, PLUMAGE, Yellow-headed Blackbird
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