Bird watchers: can you identify a bird for me?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Bird watchers: can you identify a bird for me?

Posted: 4/18/2007 3:19:14 PM EDT

I have this black, robin-sized bird feeding around my house. It is all black, except for a dark gold or copper shaded head and neck.

Posted: 4/18/2007 3:22:33 PM EDT

[#1]

pics would really help.

Posted: 4/18/2007 3:26:48 PM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
I have this black, robin-sized bird feeding around my house. It is all black, except for a dark gold or copper shaded head and neck.

that is one of them blackdarkgoldshaded birds that some think are the size of robins but they taste like chicken

Posted: 4/18/2007 3:28:03 PM EDT

[#3]

Starling?

Posted: 4/18/2007 3:35:22 PM EDT

[#4]

could be a Brown-headed Cowbird

6"-8" tall

They kind of look like a small crow with a brownhead

Invisiblesoul

Posted: 4/18/2007 3:38:50 PM EDT

[#5]

Chupacabra
(Actually, sounds like a a starling.)

Posted: 4/18/2007 3:40:11 PM EDT

[#6]

It could also be a Yellow-headed Blackbird

8"-11"

They have a little white on the edge of the wing

Yellow head, not brown

and their chest(upperchest) will also be yellow

Invisiblesoul

Posted: 4/18/2007 3:58:31 PM EDT

[#7]

I've seen one like you describe at my feeder here recently. I believe it's a female Brown Headed Cowbird.

Posted: 4/18/2007 5:08:52 PM EDT

[#8]

Cowbirds are vile animals.

Quoted:
In order for the birds to remain mobile and stay with the herd, they have adapted by laying their eggs in other birds' nests. The cowbird will watch for when its host lays eggs, and when the nest is left unattended, the female will come in and lay its own eggs.

The cowbird eggs do not look much different from the hosts' eggs, and the host will normally incubate the eggs. The cowbird chicks grow quickly, and may consume most of the food the host brings. If starvation does not kill the other birds, in some species the cowbird will use its large size to push the other chicks out of the nest.

Posted: 4/19/2007 11:10:55 AM EDT

[#9]

ok, good, sounds like a cowbird or starling. fair game for the pellet gun

Posted: 4/19/2007 12:08:07 PM EDT

[#10]

It's a dikfer.

Posted: 4/19/2007 12:09:56 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
It's a dikfer.

What's a dikfer?

J/K.....somebody had to ask.

Posted: 4/19/2007 12:39:15 PM EDT

[#12]

The ever elusive snipe maybe.

Posted: 4/19/2007 12:43:05 PM EDT

[#13]

Maybe a grackle?

Posted: 4/19/2007 12:44:02 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:

Quoted:
It's a dikfer.

What's a dikfer?

J/K.....somebody had to ask.

For peeing out of, stupid.

lol....thanks for picking up the ball.

Posted: 4/19/2007 12:52:43 PM EDT

[#15]

Starling

They are non-native birds which have become pests. They will find any little hole or crack in your roofline and get in and build a nest.

Cowbird

Best Regards,
HTG

Posted: 4/19/2007 12:55:36 PM EDT

[#16]

It's either a Starling as some others have said or a Cowbird. Cowbirds are harmless. Starlings- time to get out the suppressed .22 and take them out.

Posted: 4/19/2007 1:00:49 PM EDT

[#17]

Starlings and Grackles both get shot in my backyard.

I set 2 feeders for our birdwatching birds, mostly Cardinals and Doves, then a flock of Grackles come in and it's like they're in a gang. Attack and steal.

The feeders are 15 yards from my sliding glass door. I come home, open a beer, sit at the table with the .22, a benchrest, and super colbri's and start shooting. A good day will net 15-20 and an average day is at least half dozen.

Posted: 4/19/2007 1:02:20 PM EDT

[#18]

Starlings for some unknown reason love to drop their acid like shit on a shiny new car.

We used to have a flock of grackles that had learned how to take pieces of dry dog food and dunk them in a birdbath to soften them up before eating. The would clean out a bowl of dog food in just a few minutes.

As the above poster said they make great .22 targets.

Posted: 4/19/2007 1:03:29 PM EDT

[#19]

Only way to be sure is to kill it and post pics

Posted: 4/19/2007 1:32:38 PM EDT

[#20]

Just tagged one in the head with a 10.5gr pellet at 1000fps. Greedy little swarm is already moving back into the seed pile.

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