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[Grandpa577]

I can see two other species flying with the Pine Siskins. What is confusing me is that these birds should each weigh 3x what a Pine Siskin weighs and be 1.5x longer.


Red-winged_Blackbird_9695o by Grandpa577, on Flickr

[blackburnian]

they look like Red-winged Blackbirds

[jdeitsch]

Red-wings seconded

[Grandpa577]

and a Brown-headed Cowbird? (lower right in the triangle of birds in the upper left corner)

[Liam]

I see a female Brown-headed Cowbird in there, but I agree that most are Red-winged Blackbirds.

[Grandpa577]

I see a female Brown-headed Cowbird in there, but I agree that most are Red-winged Blackbirds.

Are they almost all female Red-winged Blackbirds? The local mixed flocks left here in early September (latest) and the young males were already beginning to transition into all black with the whitish wing-bar. Is it likely that these birds were fledged 6 to 8 weeks later and are 'juveniles'?

[Liam]

Are they almost all female Red-winged Blackbirds? The local mixed flocks left here in early September (latest) and the young males were already beginning to transition into all black with the whitish wing-bar. Is it likely that these birds were fledged 6 to 8 weeks later and are 'juveniles'?

Not sure, I wouldn't expect so, but I could be wrong.

[cestma]

More likely another wave of migrants coming down from the north?