http://passporttotexas.org/wildlife-cowbird-conundrum/ Your radio guide to the great Texas outdoors Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:32:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://passporttotexas.org/wildlife-cowbird-conundrum/comment-page-1/#comment-75385 John Peyton Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:21:33 +0000 http://passporttotexas.org/?p=7834#comment-75385 Wow the brown-headed cowbird is quite like the Cuckold. The female of some Old World cuckoos lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, leaving them to be cared for by the resident nesters. This parasitic tendency has given the female bird a figurative reputation for unfaithfulness as well. Wow the brown-headed cowbird is quite like the Cuckold. The female of some Old World cuckoos lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, leaving them to be cared for by the resident nesters. This parasitic tendency has given the female bird a figurative reputation for unfaithfulness as well.

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