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)
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!
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
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.
