What's wrong with this ?

Don KondraDon Kondra Registered Users Posts: 630 Major grins
edited July 17, 2010 in Wildlife
Greetings,

Momfeedingbaby-2.jpg
The larger bird is a fledgling cowbird and it's being fed by a mature sparrow.

Apparently the cowbird will lay an egg in a song birds nest and the "adoptive" parents will raise it.

I forsee some counseling coming up :wink

Cheers, Don
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Comments

  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 15, 2010
    Excellent behavorial capture Don. I haven't seen this before.
    Harry
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  • Don KondraDon Kondra Registered Users Posts: 630 Major grins
    edited July 15, 2010
    I guess this is quite common, a member on another forum reported seeing this behavior with a cardinal.

    At least a cardinal is bigger than a sparrow but still....

    Cheers, Don
    Don Kondra - Furniture Designer/Maker
    Product Photography
    My Acreage Bird Photographs
  • GMoneyGMoney Registered Users Posts: 6 Beginner grinner
    edited July 17, 2010
    Nightmare for the sparrow
    Interesting image, but if I were the sparrow I would be asking for new cards..
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