| 单词 | cowbird |
| 例句 | When one of my parents or the emigrant villagers said, “ ‘Feeding girls is feeding cowbirds,’ ” I would thrash on the floor and scream so hard I couldn’t talk. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her song brightened the cold gray day so that a cowbird thought it was spring and began to sing in the old oak tree. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Europa, Leda, Semele, Alcmene, and the Nazarene girl, much as the cowbird, first in deception and violence, doth force the female of other species to hatch its young. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Did they inject spirit and muscle into the American experiment, or were they simply cowbirds, laying eggs in other bird’s nests? The Story of the Lehman Brothers, from Bavaria to Alabama, and From the Heights to the Crash 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z At first, I suspected brown-headed cowbirds, famous as they are for raiding nests. An Avian Murder Case on a Quiet Back Porch 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z They’re the victims of a “brood parasite” called the cowbird, which adds its own egg to their clutch, tricking another species into raising its offspring. Yellow warblers remember warning calls 1 day later, suggesting long-term memory 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z "The best solution is to leave cowbirds eggs alone," Dr. Steve Rothstein, Emeritus Professor of Zoology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, told Audubon. Meet the brood parasites, the deadbeat mothers of the animal kingdom 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z Forest Service, found that populations of red-bellied woodpeckers, brown-headed cowbirds, blue jays and common grackles increased significantly one to three years after cicada emergences and that their populations then dropped back down to normal. Brood X Cicadas Could Cause a Bird Baby Boom 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z They play host to cowbirds, a parasitic species that lays eggs in other birds’ nests, where they hatch and compete with the robins’ own offspring for nourishment. How an Eight-Sided ‘Egg’ Ended Up in a Robin’s Nest 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Researchers studying yellow warbler responses to the parasitic cowbird realized that red-winged blackbirds were eavesdropping and reacting too. Red-winged Blackbirds Understand Yellow Warbler Alarms 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z One target, the yellow warbler, has a special call to warn egg-warming females when cowbirds are casing the area. Yellow warblers remember warning calls 1 day later, suggesting long-term memory 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z The article goes on to explain how removing cowbird eggs is not only illegal; it also doesn't really help things. Meet the brood parasites, the deadbeat mothers of the animal kingdom 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z The warbler is also deemed "particularly sensitive" to brown-headed cowbird brood parasitism. After 50-year conservation effort, songbird flies off U.S. endangered species list 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z They also made headway against the cowbird, which lays eggs in nests of other songbirds, including warblers. Once nearly extinct, songbird coming off endangered list 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Only one other species of songbird, the distantly related brown-headed cowbird, is known to incorporate female social feedback into song learning. A Bird's-Eye View of Communication 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The birds make the staccato sound of this call only when a cowbird is near. Yellow warblers remember warning calls 1 day later, suggesting long-term memory 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z The seeming immorality of this situation occasionally prompts well-meaning humans to attempt to intervene on behalf of the cowbirds' victims. Meet the brood parasites, the deadbeat mothers of the animal kingdom 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z The defendant before him was no better than a cowbird, the judge said, because he “not only takes the property of others, he destroys the lives of others.” Ronald Goodbread, magistrate judge with Southern colloquial style, dies at 73 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z But their long-term survival will depend on continued habitat management and cowbird control, funded by governments, private supporters and payments by timber companies that log the jack pines. Once nearly extinct, songbird coming off endangered list 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z An expert in the behavior of cowbirds, Dr. Peer, was hoping to see whether the cardinal would behave more like a female or a male. A Rare Bird Indeed: A Cardinal That’s Half Male, Half Female 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z The next morning, the researchers observed the birds for 80 minutes: 20 minutes before sunrise and 60 minutes after, when the cowbirds are at their most active. Yellow warblers remember warning calls 1 day later, suggesting long-term memory 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Yet the National Audubon Society's magazine published an entire article in 2018 about why bird-lovers should not remove cowbird eggs from their victims' nests in a misguided attempt to do a good deed. Meet the brood parasites, the deadbeat mothers of the animal kingdom 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z When the cowbirds hatch, they push the baby starlings from the nests, and the mother starling is left to raise the young cowbirds. Ronald Goodbread, magistrate judge with Southern colloquial style, dies at 73 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service credited teamwork among numerous agencies and nonprofit groups with the survival of the warbler, which had fallen victim to its own picky habitat demands and competition from the predatory brown-headed cowbird. Once nearly extinct, songbird coming off endangered list 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Most scientists discounted the cowbirds’ social cues as an isolated oddity, because the birds are brood parasites. Teen zebra finches seek moms’ approval for their new tunes 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z “Sixteen hours after the experiment, the birds are still behaving as if there’s a cowbird threat,” Hauber says. Yellow warblers remember warning calls 1 day later, suggesting long-term memory 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Records exist of nests six layers deep, yet there is no shortage of brown-headed cowbirds in the world. Beautiful and Brutal 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z For years, the particularly thick shells of cowbird eggs and those of other parasitic birds puzzled scientists. Cowbird eggshells could double as deadly weapons 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Another requirement will be continued vigilance against brown-headed cowbirds, which invade warblers’ nests and displace their babies. Feds propose dropping songbird from endangered species list 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Crows and gulls may thrive at our garbage dumps, blackbirds and cowbirds at our farms’ feedlots, robins and bulbuls in our city parks. The radical otherness of birds: Jonathan Franzen on why they matter 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Of more than 200 species targeted by cowbirds, yellow warblers are the only so far known to have developed a warning call tailored to cowbirds. Yellow warblers remember warning calls 1 day later, suggesting long-term memory 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z They lay their eggs in other species' nests, forcing the other species to raise the young cowbirds as well as their own young. Some Songbirds Have Brains Specially Designed to Find Mates for Life 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z The scientists also reversed the scenario, dropping host eggs from wrens, mockingbirds, and blackbirds onto cowbird eggs. Cowbird eggshells could double as deadly weapons 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will take charge of another urgent task: battling brown-headed cowbirds, which lay eggs in the nests of other songbirds, including warblers. Feds propose dropping songbird from endangered species list 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z One feature shared by cuckoos, cowbirds and honeyguides is that the shells of their eggs are all thicker than those of the birds they parasitise—sometimes by as much as 30%. Thicker eggshells help cuckoos hatch earlier than their nestmates 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Does the same part of the brain light up when the birds hear the call of a cowbird as when they hear a seet call, for instance? Yellow warblers remember warning calls 1 day later, suggesting long-term memory 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z In other words, a cowbird raised in a warbler nest somehow knows that it cannot stick around and mate with a warbler. These bald eagles are feeding a baby hawk, because parenthood makes you crazy 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Another brood parasite, the brown-headed cowbird, does the same thing to about 200 hosts. This Beautiful Parasitic Bird Could Soon Turn Up in Your Yard 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Each of the screaming cowbirds later returned to the scene of the crime, too—one even went back to the same nest 39 times after laying. These parasitic birds act just like human criminals 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z They then recorded the reactions of cowbirds in cages to this plane—both when stationary and when flying toward the birds—with the lights on, off, and pulsing. Blue lights could prevent bird strikes 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z To fight off cowbirds, which lay eggs in the nests of other species, mockingbirds swarm the unwelcome guests and viciously peck at them until they fly away. The Week: Truths About Grades, and the Coldest Cold on Earth 2013-12-16T22:03:09Z The war between mockingbirds and cowbirds is a case in point. ScienceTake: In a Bird’s Nest, an Animal Behavior Puzzle 2013-12-10T10:01:22Z The cowbird expanded its territory naturally, but people introduced the whydah. This Beautiful Parasitic Bird Could Soon Turn Up in Your Yard 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Those North American cowbirds are perhaps the most hardened criminals of all the cowbirds, practicing what scientists call “mafia behavior.” These parasitic birds act just like human criminals 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z In some species, such as the field cricket, wolf spider and cowbirds, females with more experience choose differently to naïve females. Infested female crickets are less choosy in who they have sex with 2013-09-17T12:45:00.587Z The move appears futile, because the cowbirds nearly always manage to lay their eggs anyway. The Week: Truths About Grades, and the Coldest Cold on Earth 2013-12-16T22:03:09Z They were surprised to find that these attacks, which their videos show to be quite vicious, did not stop the cowbirds from laying eggs. ScienceTake: In a Bird’s Nest, an Animal Behavior Puzzle 2013-12-10T10:01:22Z There were plenty of species at street level as well: blue jays, cardinals, American crows, Eastern phoebes, killdeer, loggerhead shrike, kestrel falcons, bronzed cowbirds and, rarest of all, an open-ground woodpecker. The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Gives New Meaning to ?Urban Growth? 2012-03-22T13:27:22Z The shiny cowbirds, on the other hand, tended to avoid nests after they parasitized them. These parasitic birds act just like human criminals 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Suppose the wicked cowbird comes back and lays still another egg in the two-storied nest: what then? Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z In a final twist, the mockingbirds end up raising the cowbird babies. The Week: Truths About Grades, and the Coldest Cold on Earth 2013-12-16T22:03:09Z They still end up raising unwanted baby cowbird guests. ScienceTake: In a Bird’s Nest, an Animal Behavior Puzzle 2013-12-10T10:01:22Z Unhappily, the little Canada warblers are often cheated out of their natural rights, like so many other delightful song-birds, by the greedy interloper that the cowbird deposits in their nest. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z So a team of researchers led by Romina Scardamaglia, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Buenos Aires, decided to use new radio-tracking technology to snoop on two kinds of devious cowbirds in Argentina. These parasitic birds act just like human criminals 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Why does the cowardly cowbird always choose a victim smaller than herself? Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Mockingbirds furiously protect their nests against intruding cowbirds, with mixed results. The Week: Truths About Grades, and the Coldest Cold on Earth 2013-12-16T22:03:09Z But, said Dr. Gloag, once the eggs hatch, the larger mockingbird chicks compete very well with the smaller cowbirds. ScienceTake: In a Bird’s Nest, an Animal Behavior Puzzle 2013-12-10T10:01:22Z Of ten nests examined for eggs, five had at least one egg of the Brown-headed Cowbird; if it is assumed that each cowbird egg replaced one of the siskins, mean clutch-size is 3.7 eggs. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z Like modern cowbirds, this species probably fed on seeds and insects large mammals exposed, Oswald said. Fossil Bird Study Describes Ripple Effect of Extinction in Animal Kingdom 2011-03-09T15:28:00Z She does not build so beautiful a nest as the yellow warbler, but like her she, too, poor thing, sometimes suffers from the sneaking visits of the cowbird. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Then, in Louisiana, about 500 birds - including starlings, cowbirds and redwing blackbirds - rained down from the skies. No 'aflockalypse' 2011-01-07T18:44:18Z Cuckoo! brood parasites, cowbird, cuckoo, eggs, honeyguide, indigobird, nests, sensory systems A few weeks ago, I was walking through a wood in the English countryside when I heard the unmistakable call of the cuckoo. Cuckoo! Cuckoo! 2010-06-02T15:41:00Z Eggs occasionally disappear from the nest prior to or during incubation, without subsequent addition of cowbird eggs. Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon About 20,000 years ago, most of these large mammals went extinct, which lead to the extinction of scavengers like condors and vultures, as well as cowbirds, Steadman said. Fossil Bird Study Describes Ripple Effect of Extinction in Animal Kingdom 2011-03-09T15:28:00Z Unhappily, she is not so clever as her cousin, for she meekly consents to hatch out the cowbird's egg and let the big, greedy interloper crowd and worry and starve her own brood. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z "But what are the rest of us supposed to be—cowbirds?" The Big Time Meanwhile, parasitic cowbird chicks don’t usually attack the other chicks in the nest, but they do compete with them for food. Cuckoo! Cuckoo! 2010-06-02T15:41:00Z Successful replacement of clutches is determined by a number of factors: nest-site, completion of a nest, weather, predation, and parasitism by the cowbird. Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon GAINESVILLE, Fla.—A University of Florida study demonstrates extinction’s ripple effect through the animal kingdom, including how the demise of large mammals 20,000 years ago led to the disappearance of one species of cowbird. Fossil Bird Study Describes Ripple Effect of Extinction in Animal Kingdom 2011-03-09T15:28:00Z Scarcely is it finished before the skulking cowbird watches her chance to lay an egg in it that she may not be bothered with the care of her own baby. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z When, after waiting some time in vain for the birds to appear, we examined the nest before us, we found that it held two thrush eggs and one of the cowbird. Upon The Tree-Tops For cowbird chicks competing with other nestlings for food see, for example, Pagnucco, K. et al. Cuckoo! Cuckoo! 2010-06-02T15:41:00Z The incongruous habits of the male of singing in the nest tree and while sitting on the nest may facilitate location by some enemies, particularly cowbirds. Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon “The extinct cowbird needed grasslands and these big mammals to survive,” said lead author Jessica Oswald, a National Science Foundation predoctoral fellow at the Florida Museum. Fossil Bird Study Describes Ripple Effect of Extinction in Animal Kingdom 2011-03-09T15:28:00Z More than any other bird she suffers from the persecutions of that dusky rascal, the cowbird. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Fortunately they nest twice in the season, and the cowbird does not disturb the second family. Upon The Tree-Tops “Sheep in wolf’s clothing: host nestling vocalizations resemble their cowbird competitor’s.” Cuckoo! Cuckoo! 2010-06-02T15:41:00Z In this study the failure of 12 of 35 nests can be directly attributed to cowbird interference. Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon I have known the cowbird herself to carry an egg from a nest in which she wished to deposit one of her own. Ways of Nature She knows that the yellow warbler is a gentle, amiable, devoted mother, who will probably work herself to death, if necessary, rather than let the big baby cowbird starve. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z After that the young cowbird had been fed faster and more fondly than ever. The Biography of a Prairie Girl But this baby, unfortunately for the "wisdom of the wise," did not resemble the cowbird family. Little Brothers of the Air Such behavior early in the morning certainly would facilitate deposition of cowbird eggs. Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon If another cowbird's egg is dropped in this one, she will proceed to get rid of this in the same way. Ways of Nature It also contains, not infrequently, alas! a cowbird's most unwelcome egg. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z One afternoon, when the warblers were away foraging for the nest, the cowbird, now well feathered, had tried his wings a little, and had flown to a clump of tall weeds not far off. The Biography of a Prairie Girl "A cowbird baby!" will exclaim every one who knows the habit, shameful from our point of view, of the cowbird, to impose her infants on her neighbors to hatch and bring up. Little Brothers of the Air Early in the nesting period the mere presence of a cowbird egg in the nest prior to the laying of the host's first egg leads to abandonment of the nest. Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon This thing between the cowbird and the warbler has been going on for innumerable generations. Ways of Nature His morals are awful, for he makes violent love to any brownish-gray cowbird he fancies but mates with none. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z When the little girl came trudging along the road that evening on her way to the farm-house, she sat down for a moment opposite the stone on which the cowbird was perched. The Biography of a Prairie Girl Dark hordes of clacking grackles pass 250 by, scores of red-winged blackbirds and cowbirds mingle amicably together, both of dark hue but of such unlike matrimonial habits. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The Bell Vireo does abandon the nest when all but one of its own eggs have been removed by the cowbird. Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon If this were true, it would make the cowbird only half parasitical—an unheard-of phenomenon. Ways of Nature And nothing good can be said for the female cowbird. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The young cowbird proved to be just what she had wanted. The Biography of a Prairie Girl But little thought or care does mother cowbird waste upon her offspring. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year On May 14, 1960, I found one punctured cowbird egg on the ground about 10 feet west of this nest. Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon Take the case of the little yellow warbler when the cowbird drops her egg into its nest—does anything like a process of thought or reflection pass in the bird's mind then? Ways of Nature Probably every cowbird you see has sacrificed the lives of at least part of a brood of valuable, insectivorous songsters. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z But the little girl, before going back to hers, remained behind a moment to look for the cowbird. The Biography of a Prairie Girl The European cuckoo, like our cowbird, is a parasite, laying her eggs in the nests of other birds; so, perhaps, neglect of household duties is in the 272 blood. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Occasionally a cowbird egg is buried beneath the lining of a nest. Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon What I mean is this: In my rambles I have often found the cowbirds the first to give warning of the approach of a supposed danger. Our Bird Comrades The cowbird builds no nest, while its cousin, the Baltimore oriole, is a famous weaver. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z But when she caught sight of the cowbird on the shelf before the row of big brothers, she did not join in the merriment. The Biography of a Prairie Girl A new cowbird of the genus Molothrus with a note on the probable genetic relationships of the North American forms. Birds from Coahuila, Mexico The percentage of cowbird eggs hatched in relation to the number laid is relatively low. Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon But what is to be said of the screaming cowbird? Our Bird Comrades Devotion to mates and children characterise most of the family, but we cannot overlook the cowbird that neither mates nor takes the slightest care of its offspring. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z When she was only a rod or so from him, the cowbird tried to follow. The Biography of a Prairie Girl The cowbird's tactics are probably to watch the movements of the parent bird. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs Nesting failure resulted from severe weather, predation, parasitism by cowbirds, and human interference. Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon It was reported some time after my article on the cowbird was first published in Appleton's "Popular Science Monthly." Our Bird Comrades Unlike the wicked cowbird, who builds no nest because she has no maternal instinct, the whip-poor-will, who is a devoted mother, makes none because none is needed. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Straight on she rode to the river meadows where the cowbird colonies lived. The Biography of a Prairie Girl I found a sparrow's nest with two sparrow's eggs and one cowbird's egg, and another egg lying a foot or so below it on the ground. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs A few cowbirds, red-winged blackbirds, and spotted sandpipers were seen in the park, but they are too familiar to merit more than casual mention. Birds of the Rockies Behold! it was a young cowbird that had been fed by the devoted little mother! Our Bird Comrades After her there followed a small flock of cowbirds. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales The cowbird lighted upon his feet unhurt, and started boldly back again. The Biography of a Prairie Girl I replaced the ejected egg, and the next day found it again removed, and another cowbird's egg in its place. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs Mr. Crow answered that he wasn't quite sure, but he thought Major Monkey fed for the most part on cowbirds' eggs. The Tale of Major Monkey That was trying beyond expression—to think that all the efforts of the pretty couple, all their intense solicitude, was wasted on a great, hulking impostor like the cowbird. Our Bird Comrades In the past the Muley Cow had known plenty of cowbirds. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales There on the edge stood the cowbird, his head drooping and his wings half spread. The Biography of a Prairie Girl The cowbird had probably been surprised in the act of violating the nest, and the wrens were giving her a piece of their minds. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs At that time the cowbirds were to be seen everywhere; they chattered every morning in the trees, and the females left their unwelcome eggs in nearly every nest. Some Summer Days in Iowa It was certainly too small to accommodate any tenants besides the strapping young cowbird. Our Bird Comrades And when the last one had been gobbled up—after a slight dispute as to who should have it—the cowbirds left the Muley Cow abruptly. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales Then, the cowbird had been sent away; and, as a last blow, she had been told to go to school. The Biography of a Prairie Girl Every cowbird is reared at the expense of two or more song-birds. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs No cowbirds have been seen since the first week of the month, save the young one on the stump, which the field-sparrow was feeding this morning. Some Summer Days in Iowa In America the cowbird, often called the cow bunting, is the only member of the avian household that spirits its eggs into the nests of other birds. Our Bird Comrades "What a pleasant family those cowbirds are!" the Muley Cow happened to remark. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales Instead, she turned very white and crept back to bed again without a word, taking the cowbird with her, cuddled under her arm. The Biography of a Prairie Girl The young of the cowbird is disproportionately large and aggressive, one might say hoggish. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs You look up and see flocks of cowbirds flying in the same direction and still larger flocks of night hawks, hundreds of them in the air at once. Some Summer Days in Iowa The name Molothrus has been given to the genus that includes the cowbirds. Our Bird Comrades The Muley Cow couldn't quite believe what Mr. Song Sparrow had told her about the cowbirds. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales Her ears were still ringing with her big brothers' laughter, and with the pitiless command that had driven the cowbird forth to the prairies again—a wing-clipped tramp and an outcast! The Biography of a Prairie Girl The cowbirds, male and female, are all free lovers. Some Spring Days in Iowa Sitting clumsily on a big stump, a big baby cowbird, well able to shift for himself, shamelessly takes food from his little field sparrow foster-mother, scarcely more than half his size. Some Summer Days in Iowa Probably they are—at least to a greater or less degree—except one, the bay-winged cowbird of South America, which I shall reserve for notice later on in this chapter. Our Bird Comrades In order to find out what was what, the Muley Cow made up her mind to ask the cowbirds a question the very next time she met them. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales He was so provoked at having been found napping that, when he heard their laughter and awoke, he grabbed the cowbird and threw him across the kitchen. The Biography of a Prairie Girl Then came the liquid notes of the cowbirds, like the pouring of mingled molasses and olive oil. Some Spring Days in Iowa Into a nest found a month ago, at the foot of a yarrow stalk, the cowbird had sneaked three speckled eggs, leaving only one of the pretty eggs of the field-sparrow. Some Summer Days in Iowa Who has ever seen two cowbirds fighting a duel like the orioles, meadowlarks, and robins? Our Bird Comrades And one fat cowbird remarked with a smirk that it was too bad they hadn't brought the children along to help. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales Without exactly knowing why, we took alarm, and larks, bobolinks, and cowbirds sped upward like the wind. Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird "Not yet, but there are three of the cowbird's eggs here, and they will soon hatch out." Uncle Wiggily's Travels One little red-eyed vireo's nest had five cowbirds' eggs,—none of her own. Some Summer Days in Iowa In rare instances only will a fresh cowbird's egg be found among incubated ones of the rightful owners. Our Bird Comrades "And I don't let cowbirds sit on my back—not after they're grown up!" she snapped. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales In all cases where I have found this egg, I have observed both male and female of the cowbird lingering near, the former uttering his peculiar liquid, glassy note from the tops of the trees. In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs And just then there was a fluttering and a rustling in the bushes, and the bad cowbird came flying past. Uncle Wiggily's Travels But alas! we do like cowbirds and cuckoos, which lay their eggs in nests which other birds have built, and cheer no traveller with their chattering and unmusical notes. Walden In most cases the number is two, but in the case of ground builders the cowbird seems to have little fear of overdoing her imposition. Our Bird Comrades Its irregular manner of laying also seems better suited to a parasite like our cowbird, or the European cuckoo, than to a regular nest-builder. Locusts and Wild Honey Our commonest species was the parasitic cowbird, which laid its eggs anywhere in the nests of all the other small birds. Far Away and Long Ago You know there is a bird called the cowbird or cuckoo, and that bird is too lazy to build a nest for itself. Uncle Wiggily's Travels In all cases where I have found this egg, I have observed both male and female cowbird lingering near, the former uttering his peculiar liquid, glassy note from the tops of the trees. Wake-Robin Major Bendire says that he once found the nest of an oven-bird containing seven cowbird's eggs and only one of the little owner's. Our Bird Comrades Unhappily, the little Canada warblers are often cheated out of their natural rights, like so many other delightful songbirds, by the greedy interloper that the cowbird deposits in their nest. Bird Neighbors Even after the youngsters have left the nest the mother cowbird does not assume the care of them, but still leaves them in charge of the foster parents. Our Bird Comrades "And are there any cowbirds in your nest now, Mrs. Robin?" Uncle Wiggily's Travels It is laughable, almost pathetic, to see a tiny oven-bird or redstart feeding a strapping young cowbird which is several times as large as herself. Our Bird Comrades However, I doubt whether the cowbird's impositions are usually so destructive as some observers are inclined to believe. Our Bird Comrades It is surprising how many species are imposed on successfully by the cowbird. Our Bird Comrades Has any one ever seen other birds driving the cowbird away from their breeding precincts, or charging him with desperate courage, as they do the blue jays, the hawks, the owls, and other predatory species? Our Bird Comrades "Now show me which are the eggs of the cowbird?" said the kittie-cat to the robin when the nest was reached. Uncle Wiggily's Travels A young cowbird that I purloined from the nest and tried to rear by hand did not prove a pleasant pet. Our Bird Comrades I once found a bush sparrow's nest containing one cowbird and four little sparrows, all of which were in a thriving condition. Our Bird Comrades His habits resemble those of the common cowbird. Our Bird Comrades Another bunting having almost the same range, although a little more southerly, is the red-eyed cowbird, which is larger and darker than our common cowbird and has the same parasitical habits. Our Bird Comrades But Uncle Wiggily took his crutch, and tickled the cowbird so that she sneezed, and had to fly away without doing any harm. Uncle Wiggily's Travels The males, it is said, show little discrimination in pecking the eggs, for they are just as likely to puncture the cowbird eggs as those of other birds. Our Bird Comrades The cowbird was squatted in the center of the nest, while his little foster brothers and sisters were ranged around him, partly covering him and no doubt keeping him snug and warm. Our Bird Comrades Thus, in February and March the Argentine cowbirds are seen flying in vast battalions in the direction of the equatorial regions—that is, northward—in whose salubrious clime they spend the winter. Our Bird Comrades And in about a minute they heard something flying through the bushes and out flew that same cowbird, and she laughed just as hard as she could laugh, as she passed along. Uncle Wiggily's Travels And I guess that cowbird was ashamed, but I'm not sure. Uncle Wiggily's Travels "Somebody is going to be surprised!" cried the cowbird and she fluttered her wings at the rabbit and the kittie, and then she hid herself off in the woods. Uncle Wiggily's Travels The cowbirds were the first to leave the sylvan roof tree. Our Bird Comrades |
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