A female Brown-headed Cowbird lays as many as 40 eggs in the nests of other birds in a year. This male cowbird lays no eggs in the nests of other birds.

A female Brown-headed Cowbird lays as many as 40 eggs in the nests of other birds in a year. This male cowbird lays no eggs in the nests of other birds.

The female Purple Finch has a white streak over the eye. This is lacking on the female House Finch.

Brown Thrashers are mimics with more than 1,100 song types in their repertoires.

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