Since December, I have regularly been seeing cowbirds at the small roadside feeding station at Hickory Ave x Jefferson Hwy in Harahan. I posted on December 17 that I had seen 25 or so there, almost all Bronzed. As the winter has worn on, the Bronzed have disappeared but Brown-headeds have grown in number- today reaching 165, approximately half males and half females. Some Bronzed may reappear soon, as they are one of our earliest migrants to return each spring.
It is weird to see so many birds foraging so close to traffic. Today there were even a few chasing seed out into the northbound lane during a red light. Despite the numbers, I have only seen four species at this feeding station: the two cowbirds, Monk Parakeet, and House Sparrow.
Good birding,
Peter
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