Many species of birds get reputations of various sorts. One species that gets a bad rap, through no fault of its own, is the brown-headed cowbird. The female cowbird lays ...

The brown-headed cowbird hatched on or before May 21. The finch parents fed it, and the chick grew, and its fluffy baby-bird feathers started coming in.

Brown-headed gull has striking long dark outer primaries or longer flight feathers. Ninth and tenth primaries are completely dark with spots near the tip, which is often indicative that it is young or ...