BABY BIRDS

Baby birds

Brood parasitism at play. This is a Chipping sparrow female feeding a Brown Headed Cowbird chick that she raised as her own. A rarely documented bird behavior, Phippsburg, Maine

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Brood parasitism at play. This is a Chipping sparrow female feeding a Brown Headed Cowbird chick that she raised as her own. A rarely documented bird behavior, Phippsburg, Maine

2010 Brown Headed Cowbird Chipping sparrow Cow Bird Icterid June Maine Maine nature photograph Maine wildlife potograph Phippsburg Sagadahoc County baby bird behavior bird birding brood parasitism chick coastal female fledgling gray invasive migratory nature passerine photographs of brood parasitism rare seldom seen small small point song bird songbird sparrow spring summer vocalizing wild wildlife young