Get the bird books!
We've got a new species!
It resembles the Cowbirds that frequent our back yard but this one appears to have a blindingly white beak.
I've never seen one like that so it must be something new.
Let's blow this photo up a bit and get a better look.
About that time SWMBO, watching from the other room, said "It doesn't have a white beak, it's carrying something around in its mouth."
She said she'd been observing it and watched it even wash the object off in the lower water container before hopping around the yard with it.
I hate it when she's right so quickly but at least she *couldn't* identify what it was carrying.
The Cowbirds (if that's what they are) are a delight to watch as they usually fly up to the wall and strut along it's length.
