#Probs thanks to agriculture and general land development/clearing. Noted.
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Ha, I assumed it was about grackles! We’ve got brown headed cowbirds in Indiana, I’ve never heard of a shiny cowbird. Brown headeds have less iridescence and they don’t hang out in parking lots really, so you threw me for a sec lol
Comments in that parking lot bird poll is how I just learned that shiny cowbirds are a fairly recent introduction from South America who are only common in Florida, and not a nationwide feature of Walmarts
#And it took me another half a sec bc I grew up hearing that brown headed cowbirds were a fairly recent addition to Indiana#I’d never heard them called non-native tho so I had a brief moment of#‘Wait ARE they not from North America?? And I’m only now hearing abt it???’#but no#they r different species.#dodged a bullet.#Looks like the brown headeds were mostly Great Plains but expanded their range.#Probs thanks to agriculture and general land development/clearing. Noted.
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