Brown-Headed Cowbird, female

If you know what brown-headed cowbirds look like, you know they don't look like this. Well, at least the males don't. It is amazing how in some birds the males and females are very similar and it others they look totally different.

Not much for news here. We had lots of rain but no damage since we live on a hill. Some places in Dallas got badly flooded.

Gary is getting things wrapped up to leave for Australia on Saturday. He has a direct flight to Melbourne--that is a lot of hours to be cooped up in a plane!