Last week I was walking the wooded trails behind the Old Bethany Airport. A female BH Cowbird flushed from a very close patch of wood ferns. Although too cautious to tramp in and investigate, I assume it was parasitizing an Ovenbird nest.
Triple Ugh...
Steve Mayo
Bethany
From: Jan Hollerbach smilifase@gmail.com
To: Sally Brown sbrown01@snet.net
Cc: CT Bird Bird ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org
Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2013 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Carolina wren feeding baby cowbird
I just had a similar experience with a Cardinal at the bird feeder. Feeding.....a single Cowbird. Ugh
Jan Hollerbach
Fairfield
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On Jul 6, 2013, at 9:38 AM, Sally Brown sbrown01@snet.net wrote:
Watching my backyard Carolina Wren trying to feed a very hungry and fluttery baby cowbird (I presume,) seemingly twice the wren's size. Probably no baby wrens in that brood.
Sally Brown
Branford, CT
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Last week I was walking the wooded trails behind the Old Bethany Airport. A female BH Cowbird flushed from a very close patch of wood ferns. Although too cautious to tramp in and investigate, I assume it was parasitizing an Ovenbird nest.
Triple Ugh...
Steve Mayo
Bethany
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From: Jan Hollerbach <smilifase@gmail.com>
To: Sally Brown <sbrown01@snet.net>
Cc: CT Bird Bird <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2013 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Carolina wren feeding baby cowbird
I just had a similar experience with a Cardinal at the bird feeder. Feeding.....a single Cowbird. Ugh
Jan Hollerbach
Fairfield
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 6, 2013, at 9:38 AM, Sally Brown <sbrown01@snet.net> wrote:
> Watching my backyard Carolina Wren trying to feed a very hungry and fluttery baby cowbird (I presume,) seemingly twice the wren's size. Probably no baby wrens in that brood.
>
> Sally Brown
> Branford, CT
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