[TN-Bird] Who's the father?

My husband and i were VERY surprised Sunday morning to watch a male Cardinal 
feeding (on the ground) a Mockingbird fledgling!  We haven't seen it since, but 
we're still puzzled.  Do Mockingbirds lay eggs parasitically?  (Or is 
'parasitically' not a real word??)
Anyway, i'd love to hear any comments about this behavior.  As you can probably 
tell from my 2 posts to TN-birds being about Mockingbirds, i have a lot to 
learn about them.

Thanks!
Sylvia Anglin
metro Nashville
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