Date: 6/21/25 5:11 pm From: Margaret Brittingham <pba3.centre...> Subject: Re: Anybody have good experience in ID'ing Cowbird young in nest boxes?
It looks like a cowbird to me. Cowbird young have a red mouth lining. It
was a little hard to see in the picture but looks red. The Carolina wren
has a yellow mouth lining. Nesting also looks large.
On Sat, Jun 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM Ramsey, Lawrence William <lwr...>
wrote:
> After several years of Carolina wrens nesting in the garage on and off, I
> wanted to stop that. The garage nests were usually successful, but it was
> a pain to get up at twilight to open the garage and similarly closing it
> late. This year I built a wren nest box per Cornell plans and but it on
> the garage near some cover. We were thrilled a few days ago when we saw
> Carolinas going back and for with food. Today I got a photo of a chick
> being fed (Pic 1) but I was concerned it was a cowbird. A bit later that
> chick was perched at the house entrance (Pic2). I rarely get cowbirds in
> my Gilbertson Bluebird house and even more rarely see cowbird chicks. Can
> any of you nest box folks out there verify that this is likely a cowbird.
> It does not look like any wren young I have seen.
> larry
>
