Cowbird egg parasitism (image)

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A brown-headed cowbird snuck three eggs into a prothonotary warbler's nest.
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Photo by Jeffrey P. Hoover
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A brown-headed cowbird snuck three eggs into a prothonotary warbler's nest.
Photo by Jeffrey P. Hoover
Photo by Jeffrey P. Hoover
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