Brown Headed Cowbird Flock - Mini Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Brown Headed Cowbirds have been mobbing the feeders recently. They flock up in the winter and then disperse to breed in the Spring so they wont be here but a day or two before moving on. They will clean out platform feeders and such, but the caged feeders remain safe for the smaller birds like finches and buntings. A short discussion of these birds is included. They are native birds and not at all unattractive they just tend to wear out their welcome pretty fast.
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Sounds like you are resigned to the existence of the cowbird 😆. Me too! I've never liked them but they are part of creation.
Fortunately they do not hang around here long, just pass through in late winter/spring. BB
@@MyBackyardBirdingI'm in St. Louis, MO, and see them occasionally in the spring and summer.
They are coming in small flocks in North Carolina too. It is a sight when you see all the brown heads.
Please stop f they come to your feeder chase them away. They killed a bird at my feeder. Also cool! You live where I live.
Beautiful shiny birds! 🌞⛲
*I have for several days had a smaller group of 2 or 3 cowbirds visit our feeders* I've not seen them before this season of spring in our mountains. Nice small birds that do not scare easily by the squirrels.
I have cowbirds this year! I love them, they're adorable.
Never seen them before here in Europe they are nice thank for sharing 👌
They will push out song bird eggs and lay their own so that imho is a big problem.
I have seen them in great numbers in feeding lots eating undigested grain from cows. Thank you.😄 for sharing
Adaptation to environmental changes. Lack of buffalo. Survival of species.❤
We've got a lil cowbird fledgingly being fed by song sparrows in our backyard right now. I feel a bit bad for the sparrows devoting so much of their energy to this giant chick, but it's not the chicks fault! We also have a ton of sparrows so 🤷♀️ idk, I find it fascinating to watch honestly! I saw a documentary explaining how the cowbirds evolved this way along side migratory cattle herds - they didn't have time to raise young because they were always on the move. Other birds in the same region evolved with them to recognize the cowbird eggs and deal with them (abandon the nest, push the cowbird egg out, etc) & not become endangered. The documentary argued that when humans came in and cleared a bunch of forests, it created a gateway for cowbirds to move into new woodland areas and start laying eggs in birds nests that hadn't evolved to deal with them, and now they're a real threat to some birds. Who knows, perhaps that would have happened with or without humans, but we've certainly done enough damage to nature regardless. 😂
Great footage and interesting about their expanding range. We are just getting them up here in Ottawa, Canada as returnee Spring migrants along with the the European Starlings and Common Grackles. Thanks for sharing.
WOW! Beautiful! 💖💖💖💖😚😚
Thank you.i have never heard of cowbirds
I didn't even know this was a bird species
Nice work MBYB🎯🙌
I have a few that come to my feeders periodically. I live in Oklahoma where there are lots of rural farm areas but I live in the city. Maybe thats why they don't take over my yard. But I think they're beautiful birds. Black and brown are pretty together.
Interesting birds BB! Thank you for sharing the video with us!💖👌👍😎JP
Thanks for watching - good to hear from you. BB
Your very welcome BB! Thanks :) Have a wonderful week!😎
They are a beautiful bird and have such an interesting song. But def can be a bit much sometimes. I have a bird feeder outside my home office window and they were out there all day today.
What a beautiful Manu 😍
"If you ever see a really large chick among much smaller songbird chicks in a nest" -- you probably won't see that, the Cowbird will be the only chick in the nest. They hatch earlier than the other eggs and even while naked and blind push the other eggs out, or if not, the other babies starve to death because the bigger Cowbird is getting all the food. Every one of those Cowbirds probably represents the loss of an entire brood.
Finally someone who gets it!
You're thinking of the cuckoo. Cowbirds don't push the siblings out but the parents will come and kill the siblings eggs if the Cowbird doesn't survive when the diet is wrong.
I have plenty of these cow bird's right now here in Michigan. Looking forward to the Orioles, Indigo Buntings, Hummer's and more.
I've heard that in Michigan they are having an impact on the Yellow Warbler population. Where I live in Oregon I've only seen them do Song Sparrows and Juncos.
Well when I used to not know cowbirds where devils they just chased away every single bird in the area!
We have a hanging flower pot. My wife pulled the pot down to water the flowers and found a robins nest with typical blue eggs but also a couple that were different. She looked them up and told me what they were, I had never heard of such bird or knew of the habit to get someone else to raise their chicks... These birds are assholes!
I live in America and recently I found a blind Cowbird on the road and brought it home to keep it safe. As it also has an injured wing. I was thinking about perhaps keeping it as a friend or pet of sorts. However I don't know if there is anything I should particularly worry about. If anyone has any advice about any worries I should have or any information about keeping one healthy, please tell me.
I get them all year long at my feeders
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Nice video and great explanation MBYB.
I have a question for you, do you like or would like to know any specie of brazillian birds?
Haven't seen none up here,,,😎 📹,,,🐦🐦🐦🐦
Fascinating video! Cowbirds have an interesting song, they make a liquid gurgling sound. The first time I heard it I thought it was water!
We found. Female baby and are feeding it
It's interesting that there are only males in this flock till one female shows up around 2:16. And the males ignore her, but when they are courting cowbirds put on quite a show, with multiple males displaying and gurgling to one female.
I caught that on video once years ago: ruclips.net/video/CcKvgMbjqXU/видео.html BB
That is interesting, and funny. The males are very persistent in their courtship ritual, often to the point of hilarity and cuteness. The ritual in itself is pretty elaborate, too, with the puffing up of the feathers, bowing the head, and making their liquid call. I guess they were too hungry to pursue the female, or they weren’t ready to pursue a mate yet.
@@BirdsandGhibliFan It must not be breeding season yet. I watched that vid that was linked, but that was only one male and he seemed a little lackadasical. I saw it once in real life with three males courting one female, and with the competition, they were going for it nonstop trying to outdo each other, a real show. Cowbirds are pretty and cute and entertaining, too bad they are so naughty!
They are actually quite attractive birds. But, yes - they are parasitic and will eat you out of house and home! They came through last year and I saw a couple at my feeder. Once I had them ID'ed, I took my feeder down for several days to discourage them from coming back. I haven't seen them since, but I'm sure they will try to come back.
I never had an issue with the ones here...
Over a dozen species got along just fine sharing a feeder.
The cage feeder is one of the few feeders that will keep them out. Even the Blue Jays just avoid them while they are in the neighborhood. Luckily only a few days a year. BB
We had one that was very blond on top! The females look nothing like the males lol I think they are both cute
BRO THEY STEAL NESTS AND THERE UGLY AND HECK HOW COULD YOU THINK THERE CUTE!?
@@THE-CHEESE1 they’re charming. Their calls are very distinct and unique and travel in their own little herds.
We don’t have Cowbirds but we have many of the other nuisance birds .....Grackles, Starlings, and certain Sparrow species. Just like with your Cowbirds, when they show up they scare away all of the smaller song birds, woodpeckers, etc. I have seen Sparrows go at the other birds with their feet, attacking them with their claws. I admit to scaring the nuisance birds away. I cannot sit there and watch them devouring food and scaring the song birds away.
Same here!
None of the species you mention ever chased away the dozens of other species here. Everyone got along and shared the feeder peacefully.
Chasing away birds from the feeder is the least of their problems. That's not the reason the Sparrows are attacking them.
Excellent video! These birds have always fascinated me for some reason, I think that they are really cute too, but i would likely not find them so cute if they ever infiltrated a nest belonging to my cardinal buddy 😄. Nevertheless, they’re very interesting birds so thank you for making this!
Fortunately I have not had to deal with their breeding habits in the Backyard, just passing through. BB
I think they’re cute too, especially when the male does that mating display towards the female. However, I probably would think differently if I saw a Brown-Headed Cowbird chick occupying a nest of a bird species that I really like.
@@BirdsandGhibliFan for sure! I’m really surprised today I just saw a white breasted nuthatch for the first time I didn’t think I’d ever see one here. It’s climbing/running around upside down in my tree in the back yard 😆 it’s sounds caught my attention it sounds like he or she is laughing. It’s very cute!
I don't think they would do cardinals, they go for birds smaller than them. The birds who get parasitized by them learn and don't seem to get fooled twice. I've only seen them do Song Sparrows and Juncos.
@@treewalker1070 Oh, that’s good. I think I’ve seen videos of mockingbirds rejecting the cowbird eggs, so it does seem likely that cowbirds don’t usually lay eggs in nests of bigger bird species.
Starlings and house sparrows are super annoying! Cow birds are pretty bad too but atleast there native.
Humans are the most annoying creature
Cowbirds are native, though.
I want them to move on. They hog the feeder. The songbirds are not getting food. They seem nasty too.
I don't like these birds
I don't like them in my yard for sure! Can't afford to feed those greedy birds
I have not resigned myself to these birds presence. It would be like finding a kitten or puppy covered with ticks and fleas and saying, "Awww, look at these cute ticks." They are disgusting parasites.
Yeah, I'm working on a video of how they tricked a song sparrow couple into raising their kids. BB
Not my favorite bird.
Same here!