Hi Tweets

Just to pass on that while we think of Brown-headed Cowbirds Molothrus ater
as being non-territorial, there's a male across the road disproving the
assumption.

At least three weeks ago, I began hearing a strange call across the street,
a thin. clear version of Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus, which after
several days I finally narrowed down to a male cowbird calling from the top
of a pine-tree of some sort in the yard directly across the street. Three
weeks later, he's still out there every morning, afternoon and sometimes
evening still, calling from the same perch atop the same tree.

So. Do females show the same territoriality? Is the male calling to collect
the fledged cowbird young? Why is he still calling?

Michael Price A brave world, Sir,
Vancouver BC Canada full of religion, knavery, and change;
mprice at mindlink.net we shall shortly see better days.
Aphra Behn (1640-1689)