Baby Cowbird

by Judy Via-Wolff

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Baby Cowbird

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Judy Via-Wolff

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This little darling is a baby cowbird just out of the nest. So adorable however certainly wondering where he fits in. Cowbirds are large and when grown are black with brown heads. You probably have seen them in your yard. The females are not "the Motherly type"! They drop their eggs in the nests of all species of birds, sometimes removing the eggs of the bird whose nest they choose and sometimes just adding their egg to the others in the nest. They then take off to live a carefree life while the mother bird (which can be a sparrow, cardinal, finch, jay, blackbird, robin, cardinal and on and on)...sits on the nest not noticing the egg and raises the baby cowbird as her own. Once in a while if a bird notices the egg she will abandon her nest and not hatch her eggs. Most often it is raised and leaves the nest with the other fledglings as this one has done on this day. They then have to learn to fend for themselves and at some point will join up with a flock of cowbirds and continue this cycle. They are truly adopted children. This image can be found in my "Life is for the Birds" gallery on Fine Art America. The watermark is for copyright protection and will not show on the image when purchased.

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August 6th, 2014

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