Tag: Bronzed Cowbird
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The Intriguing but Maligned Bronzed Cowbird
by M. Kathy Raines A bronzed cowbird is not a bad bird for depositing her eggs in the nest of an unwitting host, whose own brood often dies. No, the cowbird, like ourselves, does what it does to survive and prosper. An obligate brood parasite—like about 1% of bird species, including some cuckoos—a cowbird never…