Date: 8/16/25 2:04 pm From: KEN LIPSHY (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Diagnostic Challenge with a flock of Cowbirds
At first glance from a distance, I assumed a large flock of brown birds on the power lines and fields below were first red winged black birds then Cowbirds. On second glance I considered Brewers black birds and then after seeing yellow patches on the neck considered Bobolink. My Photos confirmed they were Cowbirds but my IPhone AI tool also called them brewers, bobolink, Shiny Cowbirds, European blackbirds and at least a dozen other species.
