Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Are you my mommy?

A big, hungry cowbird baby waiting for food from its tiny chipping sparrow mom.





From the archives for Wild Bird Wednesday.





8 comments:

  1. That poor little mother will have to work triple-time to feed that big, fat, false baby! Lazy cowbirds...

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  2. Brood parasites are never very popular are they! Nice pictures - although the sparrow would not agree!

    Cheers and thanks for linking to WBW.

    Stewart M - Melbourne

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  3. I have the same problem here with cuckoos laying their eggs in in the tiny fairy wren's nests.

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  4. Isn't it funny how if the mama bird hatches the egg, it's HER baby!

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  5. I did a post on cowbirds awhile back - called them "Vagrant Birds"! Stewart reminded me that all birds have their purposes, and I try to remember that instead of getting upset with them!

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  6. We have cowbirds too but I never knew what the juveniles looked like. Interesting!

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