http://osu.orst.edu/pubs/birds/spaccts/bobo.htm#bhco

narendra bhagwat wrote:
>
> Hi Tweets,
> Black River Wetland Forest, Renton, King Co. July 4th, 2001.
>
> I've been watching this Common Yellowthroat since spring. Yesterday I went
> there to see what he is doing and if he has a successful nest. To my
> surprise, he had a family but he was feeding some other young bird. The
> young whom he was feeding was like a juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird. The
> young was bigger than the male Common Yellowthroat who was feeding him. This
> young was mature enough to have a bath by himself. And he was the only young
> present there.
>
> I found following link about common yellowthroat :
> http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/birds/birdatlas/maintext/0400373.htm
>
> My question is, are there any other bird nest's which gets parasitized by
> this Brown-Headed Cowbird? Do their egg color needs to match perfectly? Do
> they remove the origional egg? How ? What are other birds of northwest who
> face this problem?
>
> I've taken photographs which I'll post once I get them.
>
> Narendra Bhagwat
> Seattle.
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