Big Fella at My Feeder
May 6, 2022 17:49:24 #
joecichjr wrote:
A great shot, Dean 
Crystal clear and beautiful 🖤🤎🖤🤎🖤
Crystal clear and beautiful 🖤🤎🖤🤎🖤Much tks Joe.
May 7, 2022 11:00:43 #
Doc Mck
Loc: Terrell,Texas
Brown headed cowbird. I had one at my feeder several years ago and none since. Odd fact about them: they lay their eggs in other birds nests and let them raise their young.
May 7, 2022 14:04:40 #
Doc Mck wrote:
Brown headed cowbird. I had one at my feeder several years ago and none since. Odd fact about them: they lay their eggs in other birds nests and let them raise their young.
Tks Doc, already id'd and most agree.
May 7, 2022 15:42:46 #
I read recently that Brown-headed Cowbirds developed their brood parasitism because they followed the bison herds in the American prairie. Since the bison herds migrated across the prairie, the cowbirds would lay their eggs in other birds' nests and continue following the bison, leaving their young to be raised by the stable species that did not leave with the bison. The young join the adults following the bison herds as they mature. jak
May 7, 2022 16:23:47 #
jak86094 wrote:
I read recently that Brown-headed Cowbirds developed their brood parasitism because they followed the bison herds in the American prairie. Since the bison herds migrated across the prairie, the cowbirds would lay their eggs in other birds' nests and continue following the bison, leaving their young to be raised by the stable species that did not leave with the bison. The young join the adults following the bison herds as they mature. jak
Interesting, plausible, possible.
Tks for posting.
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