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plantladylin

May 12, 2013 4:49 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Rita:

Your planning has resulted in a beautiful garden! I wish I could be so coordinated, but alas I am so flighty that I buy plants for a specific area and then they sit around for a few weeks (or in some cases months!) until I end up just planting them in the first spot I find. I have a very small yard and a very eclectic garden; a mishmash of this and that.

Linda: I agree ... that's a male Brown-headed Cowbird! We get them here from December/January - March; I saw more this year than ever before. They are such pretty birds but are not popular with many folks ... they are brood parisites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B... and lay their eggs in other birds nests which can be detrimental to the hosts eggs/chicks.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/g...

Male Brown-headed Cowbird (center) Male Red-winged Blackbirds and a Female Cowbird:

Female Brown-headed Cowbird and an immature Male:

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

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