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Date: 8/11/26 6:02 pm From: Kyan Russell <kyansrussell...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] A breeding bird report conundrum...
CBA produced an excellent tool for this situation! Type in the species and it will show you what codes are appropriate - for example, a Great Blue Heron does not sing. Plugging in the cowbird, we see the following: "Cowbirds do not feed their young. Use FL for cowbird when fledgling observed being fed (host species doing the feeding can be coded as FY)." https://codecheck.californiabirdatlas.org/bnhcow Thus, code the Song Sparrow as FY, and the cowbird as FL. Happy atlasing! On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 5:52â€¯PM 'Pete Sole' via mbbirds < <mbbirds...> wrote: > Hi birders, > > I find myself with a bit of a conundrum on how to code a "breeding" bird > report on eBird. Perhaps the birding community can suggest a path forward. > > Background: Went to Lighthouse Field State Beach today, to look for the > Eastern Kingbird that had been reported and photographed. I dipped on > the Kingbird, but saw a poor Song Sparrow feeding a young Brown-headed > Cowbird. The question is, how should I report the breeding activity for > these two species? > > For now, I've coded the Song Sparrow as "Carrying Food" and the > Brown-headed Cowbird as "Feeding Young", but I'm not sure that is > correct. Fortunately, this little conundrum is not the end of the world, > but still not sure how to proceed. For those curious, here is a link to > the relevant eBird report with related photos attached, to the Cowbird > list item. > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S382345183 > > Your thoughts on the appropriate Breeding Behavior Codes for the sparrow > and cowbird? > > Separately, there was a Scaly-breasted Munia in Lighthouse Field, the > first I've ever seen at that location, as well a an adult female Hooded > Oriole feeding a young Hooded Oriole. > > Pete SolÃ© > > Visiting Lighthouse Field from Soquel CA > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mbbirds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<8676bc32-9aff-4ebb-93c4-dfc19340cf2c...> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mbbirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<CAECzzpU6kxMvGPJ28SRkDiBRFXhn2_c8QTq9G7FK4yw5vkqutw...>

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