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Blackbirds, Bobolinks, Cowbirds, Grackles, Meadowlarks & Orioles

updated 11/14: Blackbird, Bobolink, Cowbird, Grackle, Meadowlark, Oriole

Baltimore Oriole (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica

Baltimore Oriole (© Nick Viani) Royal Front, VA

Baltimore Oriole (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

Black-cowled Oriole (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

Black-cowled Oriole (© Nick Viani) Salva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

Boat-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani)

Boat-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Garden, FL

Boat-tailed Grackle - female (© Nick Viani) Orlando Wetlands, Christmas, FL

Boat-tail Grackle - female (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Garden, FL

Bobolink (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Bobolink (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Bobolink (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR

Bobolink (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR

Bobolink (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR

Bobolink (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR

Brewer's Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Brewer's Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Oak Knoll Golf Course, Audubon-sponsored wildlife survey

Brewer's Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Oak Knoll Golf Course, Audubon-sponsored wildlife survey

Brewer's Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Oak Knoll Golf Course, Audubon-sponsored wildlife survey

Brewer's Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Oak Knoll Golf Course, Wildlife Monitoring Project

Brewer's Blackbird (© Nick Viani 4/23) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR

Brewer's Blackbird (© Nick Viani 6/17) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR

Brewer's Blackbird - immature (© Nick Viani) Collier Day Use Area, Klamath Falls

Brewer's Blackbird female (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve, Ashland

Brewers Blackbird - female (© Nick Viani) Centennial Golf Club, Medford, OR

Brewers Blackbird - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Crane Flats Reservoir, Bend, OR

Brewers Blackbird - male (© Nick Viani) Centennial Golf Club, Medford, OR

Bronzed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Gardens, Florida

Brood Parasitism: Wrentit & its Cowbird chick (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR

Brown-headed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transects

Brown-headed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR

Brown-headed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Emigrant Lake, Spur Road Trail

Brown-headed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Brown-headed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Garden, FL

Brown-headed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge

Brown-headed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR

Brown-headed Cowbird and its surrogate "parent" (Western Tanager) (© Nick Viani) Crane Flats Reservoir, Bend, OR - An example of "brood/nest parasitism" where a cowbird allegedly placed an egg into another bird's nest.

Bullock's Oriole

Bullock's Oriole & Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 7/3) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Transacts

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transact AB

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transects

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway, Lyn Newbry Transact A

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway, Lyn Newbry Transact A

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway, Lyn Newbry Transact A

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Mount Ashland flower trail, Pacific Crest Trail

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Putnam's Point, Klamath County

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani) River Walk Park, Ashland, OR

Bullock's Oriole(© Nick Viani 5/14) Bear Creek Greenway. Nest building.

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani 5/30) Ashland Pond

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani 5/30) Ashland Pond

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani 6/3) Rocky Point Resort, Klamath Falls, OR

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani 6/23) Bird survey, Lyn Newbry Park, Bear Creek Greenway

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani 6/23) Bird survey, Lyn Newbry Park, Bear Creek Greenway

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani 6/23) Bird survey, Lyn Newbry Park, Bear Creek Greenway

Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani 7/3) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Transacts

Bullock's Oriole (female) (© Nick Viani) Farewell Bend CG, Huntington, OR (on the Snake River)

Bullock's Oriole, Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lynn Newbry

Bullock's Oriole - female (© Nick Viani) Ashland Greenway

Bullock's Oriole - Immature (© Nick Viani) Rocky Point Boat Launch

Bullock's Oriole - male (© Nick Viani) Ash. Greenway

Bullock's Oriole - male (© Nick Viani) Farewell Bend CG, Huntington, OR (on the Snake River)

Bullock's Oriole Juvenile (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transact AB

Bullock's Oriole with nesting material (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway, Lyn Newbry Transact A

Bullocks Oriole - male (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond

Common Grackle (© Nick Viani) bathing on boat ramp at Petric Park

Common Grackle (© Nick Viani) bathing on boat ramp at Petric Park

Common Grackle (© Nick Viani) Washington DC

Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area

Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath County

Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath County, OR

Feeder Acrobatics (© Nick Viani 3/28)

Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region

Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani 1/25) From our hotel grounds, The Radisson, Panama City.

Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani 1/27) Zapatilla Cays, Bastimentos National Marine Park, Panamá

Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani 4/10) Cattail Cove State Park, Arizona

Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica

Great-tailed Grackle (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica

Great-tailed Grackle - female (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak

Hooded Oriole (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico

Hooded Oriole (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico

Hooded Oriole (© Nick Viani 3/27) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona

Hooded Oriole - date palm (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico

Hooded Oriole - female (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico

Meadowlark (© Nick Viani)

Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve

Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Vesper Meadows

Meadowlark - on sage (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Melodious Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica

Orchard Oriole (© Nick Viani) Washington, DC

Red-winged Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani)

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transect

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway, Ashland, OR

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Denman Wildlife Area

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Emigrant Lake, Ashland, OR

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Oak Knoll Golf Course, Wildlife Monitoring Project

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Pine Nursery Community Park, Bend, OR

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Rocky Point.

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani 5/21) Oak Knoll Golf Course

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani 5/30) Ashland Pond

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani 5/30) Ashland Pond

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani 6/23) Bird survey, Lyn Newbry Park, Bear Creek Greenway

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani 7/7) Bear Creek Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transit

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani 11/23/24) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR, Feeder Watch

Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani 11/23/24) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR, Feeder Watch Red-winged Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird, Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lynn Newbry

Red-winged Blackbird - female (© Nick Viani)

Red-winged Blackbird - female (© Nick Viani) Lyn Newbry Transect A, Bear Creek Greenway Bird Survey

Red-winged Blackbird - female (© Nick Viani) Zumwalt Nature Preserve, Enterprise, OR

Red-winged Blackbird - female (© Nick Viani 3/22) Patagonia Lake State Park, Birding trail, Arizona

Red-winged Blackbird - female) (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park

Red-winged Blackbird female (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Creek transact

Red-winged Blackbird female (© Nick Viani 6/2) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath Falls, OR

Redwing Blackbird (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR

Redwing Blackbird - female (© Nick Viani) Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZ

Rusty Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska

Scott's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico

Scott's Oriole (© Nick Viani 3/28)

Scott's Oriole (© Nick Viani 3/28)

Streak-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Streak-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Streak-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Streak-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR

Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Merced National Wildlife Refuge

Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve

Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Shasta Valley Wildlife Refuge, Montague, CA

Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Shasta Valley Wildlife Refuge, Montague, CA

Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Shasta Valley Wildlife Refuge, Montague, CA

Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Tule Lake Wetlands, Klamath County

Yellow-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani 2/9) Ammo Pond, Canopy Tower, Panamá

Yellow-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City

Yellow-backed Oriole (© Nick Viani 2/13) Metropolitan Park, Panamá City

Yellow-headed & Red-winged Blackbirds (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands

Yellow-headed Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Yellow-headed Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake, OR

Yellow-headed Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area

Yellow-headed Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area

Yellow-headed Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands

Yellow-headed Blackbird (© Nick Viani 6/2) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath Falls, OR

Yellow-headed Blackbird and mosquitos (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR

Yellow-headed Blackbirde (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Yellow-headed Blackbird female (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area

Yellow-headed Blackbird females (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area

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