Ever felt like some folks are just born jerks? Birds can relate. Take for example the uninvited speckly-white visitor to this robin"s nest: That smaller egg belongs to a baby cowbird whose mother sneakily laid it among the blue robin eggs when no one was looking. Once the baby birds all hatch, the cowbird will grow much faster and larger than its robin "siblings," soon becoming an only chick by muscling them right out of the nest. And if mama robin ejects the cowbird egg before it hatches, the cowbird mom may take notice and chuck the remaining robin eggs from the nest out of spite.
Freeloaders of the avian world
Today in History
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Meandering through Patagonia
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It s Mountain Day in Japan
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It s National Camera Day. Get the picture?
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Memorial Day
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Let’s go foraging
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Russell lupines, Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
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The power of the forest
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Night of the ‘Cold Moon’
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Mexican giant cardon cactus
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Dark Sky Week
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Taughannock Falls State Park
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Petrified Forest National Park
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Its Halfway Day!
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Fire-damaged forest near Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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A hit ballet, long after its debut
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Cousins Day
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Spring equinox
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Belgium celebrates its independence
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Sitting down and taking a stand
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Hey, don t you guys have somewhere to be?
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The Girl Scouts celebrate 110 years
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Bright and colorful peacock feathers
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Kjell Henriksen Observatory
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A big birthday for Big Bend
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World Oceans Day
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Who s hiding in the kelp?
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World Population Day
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International Womens Day
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Trunks stick together