Pentax K-3
Pentax 55-300 at 260mm
1/640 sec. f8
ISO 400
The cowbird is a brood parasite, laying its eggs in the nests of smaller birds, first destroying an original egg and replacing it with one of its own. The victims being bird-brained, they rear the intruder chick as if one of theirs. Cowbirds are not nice. They are thugs. Cowbirds destroy nests of birds that reject their eggs, and some birders think those that give in and accept cowbird eggs are simply going along with the shakedown to save their nests, like bodega owners in the Bronx.
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