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Old 05-17-2019, 10:48 PM
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Default Anomaly - Yellowheaded Black Bird

My buddy has this weird bird (no mate) hanging around his suet feeder here in sylvan, he says it's the size & color of a cow bird but a gold/bronze colored head. He's researched it and can't determine the species, I checked my books it may be a distance relative to a Oriole it has some of the colors and it's beak looks similar but not sure.

Can you help I.D. this guy ????

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Old 05-17-2019, 11:18 PM
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Juvenile robin?

tough one all the ones I find with orange chest and cheeks have a smaller beak
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Old 05-17-2019, 11:26 PM
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Female Yellowheaded Blackbird
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Old 05-18-2019, 07:35 AM
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Female Yellowheaded Blackbird
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Old 05-18-2019, 11:42 AM
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I looked at the female Yellowheaded B.B. if that's what this is with the gold/bronze coloring ... she must be an anomaly.

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