Date: 10/24/25 3:01 pm From: Eric Goodill via groups.io <ericg314...> Subject: Re: [southbaybirds] Possible Rusty Blackbird
Eve,
I believe this is a juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird molting from its early gray plumage to its older black plumage.
Good birding, Eric
> On Oct 24, 2025, at 12:34 PM, Eve Meier via groups.io <eve.m.meier...> wrote:
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> I’ve attached a poor photo. And here are my field marks:
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> Black bird with yellow eye. Top half back is brown, black tertials edged with brown, light brown supercilium, light throat. Feeding in the wet areas near some snipe and killdeer. No breeding male.
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>> On Oct 24, 2025, at 12:09 PM, Eve Meier via groups.io <eve.m.meier...> wrote:
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>> Hi All,
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>> I’m at Parkway Lakes with a possible Rusty Blackbird at (37.2336425, -121.7596990). Trying to relocated it now.
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>> Eve Meier
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