[tn-bird] Cowbird in titmouse nest?
- From: PYRPYRFECT@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 20:50:53 EDT
A tufted titmouse is nesting a a nest box in our back yard. She had six eggs
prior to incubation. Each time I checked during the incubation period, she
refused to move off the eggs, and hissed and snapped at me. When I checked
the nest on Saturday, I found one very large baby and only three remaining
eggs. We strongly suspect that the nest has been parasatized. We found a
definite cowbird in a prothonotary warbler nest only a few feet distant from
this one. Is there any way to identify this chick as a cowbird?
Van Harris
Millington, TN
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