Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes >> Family Icteridae >> Genus Molothrus
 
  
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Acquire This Photo Species: Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Location: Lenexa, Kansas, United States Age: adult     Plumage: basic/year-round     Activity: perching/standing Sex: female     Visibility: full body     Quantity: single Photographer: David Seibel     Date: June 26, 2013 Equipment: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV and Canon 500mm f/4L IS     Megapixels: 7.1
 Notes: This bird frequented my feeders for several weeks. When it first appeared its left foot was dangling by threads of connective tissue. The foot eventually fell off, leaving the sharp broken end of the tarsometatarsus exposed, but the bird adapted to balancing on one foot or, as here, leaning lightly on the stub.
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