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LauraLOVESbirds
LauraLOVESbirds 7 years ago

Your photo's one of kind egg sure looks like a cowbird egg. As you may know, cowbirds are 'brood parasites,' meaning they lay their eggs in nests of other species. The host parent raises the baby cowbird with its other young, usually at the expense of one or more of the host's chicks.

Rebecca Sisto
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Rebecca Sisto

Manville, New Jersey, USA

Spotted on Apr 25, 2016
Submitted on May 14, 2016

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