A Brown-headed Cowbird was seen for the first time in Iceland on October 24.  This female bird was first spotted by a birder outside Eymundsson, a bookstore, in the centre of Reykjavík. Now  a month later it is still there. This vagrant was probably blown here by heavy Southwest winds in the end of September along with a group of other American birds seldom or never seen here before.

The Brown-headed Cowbird is common in North America and the stock has grown in numbers and range as towns expand and woods are cleared.

The Brown-headed Cowbird has a peculiar way of raising its chicks. The females produce a lot of eggs, sometimes more than three dozens. These they lay in the nests of other birds, leaving their eggs to be hatched and their young to be raised by foster parents. Often at the expense of the foster parents own chicks.