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
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Taking the scenic route to Sturgis
-
Does this shark have an Irish accent?
-
Folegandros Island, Cyclades, Greece
-
Father s Day
-
A day for the oceans
-
A big birthday for Big Bend
-
March of the flowers
-
Don t go chasing waterfalls
-
Welcome to the Year of the Pig
-
A wassailing we go
-
A prison fit for a count
-
Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
-
Spring comes to Glacier National Park
-
Te Rewa Rewa Bridge near New Plymouth, New Zealand
-
Back to the nest
-
Legacy mural in Philadelphia
-
2022 FIFA World Cup
-
Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
-
Prague, Czech Republic
-
Homeward bound
-
The Zugspitze: Germany s highest point
-
Wildcat in a winter wonderland
-
Russell lupines, Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
-
Jasper Dark Sky Festival
-
Under Parisian skies
-
Madame Sherri Forest, New Hampshire
-
Polar Bear Week
-
Go Fly a Kite Day
-
Cousins Day
-
Sky island views