This is the female. An interesting fact about these birds is that the female cowbird makes no nest of her own, but instead lays her eggs in the nests of other bird species, who then raise the young cowbirds.
A lovely shot .Nice detail. We have a bird called a Cuckoo does the same thing with nesting and egg laying. ( noy a resident bird) ....Steve
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