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Earlier this week we found this Common Yellowthroat feeding a fledgling of a different species. Unfortunately they were buried in thick underbrush so these shots are good but I'm curious if anyone knows what the fledgling is. This is in the North East part of Massachusetts (US)





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Jul 12, 2020 at 08:23 AM
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It is a Brown-headed Cowbird. They don't nest. They lay their eggs in another bird's nest and let them raise their young. Nice captures.
Rex



Jul 12, 2020 at 11:39 AM
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surgemaster wrote:
It is a Brown-headed Cowbird. They don't nest. They lay their eggs in another bird's nest and let them raise their young. Nice captures.
Rex


Thanks! We never knew that about Cowbirds, very interesting!



Jul 12, 2020 at 11:42 AM
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Neat shots .

Birdie



Jul 12, 2020 at 02:39 PM
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Wow.. that is really cool!! I guess the Cowbird's trick worked even with the huge size difference...that CYT must be a proud papa thinking his son is going to be the heavyweight champion of the bird world

TFS
Geoff



Jul 12, 2020 at 06:42 PM
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Nice work and I learned something, never knew that about Cowbirds.


Jul 12, 2020 at 08:07 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Cross-breed feeding (bird ID help)


That is a very interesting behavior.

Nice work and Thank You for sharing.

Bryan



Jul 12, 2020 at 09:22 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Cross-breed feeding (bird ID help)


Just the other day I also took a couple of (not so great) shots of these birds. Someone helped identify them as Brown Headed cowbirds. That breed is associated with nest parasitism.














Jul 12, 2020 at 09:31 PM





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