[TN-Bird] Re: cowbird parents?
- From: Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: fekel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tn-bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:09:12 -0700 (PDT)
This spring I have seen Song Sparrows and Northern Cardinals feeding
Brown-headed Cowbird chicks. I suspect a couple other species in my
yard (Blount County) are also hosting them, but am not yet certain.
charlie
--- fekel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Davidson Co.
> 28 June 2004
>
> Monday evening at my home in Bellevue on the outskirts of Nashville
> I was waiting for a hummingbird to make an appearance. In a nearby
> bush I heard and then saw a large begging youngster. I watched for
> a couple minutes and soon saw a CHIPPING SPARROW feed the
> BROWN-HEADED
> COWBIRD youngster. I checked "The Birder's Handbook" and, sure
> enough,
> found that CHIPPING SPARROWs are often cowbird hosts.
>
> What other species have TNbirders seen this spring as cowbird
> surrogate parents?
>
> --
> Frank Fekel
> Tennessee State University
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