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Saturday, June 15, 2013

The Brood Parasite







I may just be going out on a limb here but I don't think that chick belongs to that tree sparrow. A brood parasite, such as the cowbird, lays it's eggs in another birds nest. The larger fledgling then pushes out the little birds that belong there. Clearly this chick is twice the size of it's "parent".

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