The common brown-headed cowbird is the most widespread brood parasite in North America. Poly­typic. Length 7.5". A smallish, compact and stocky blackbird with a short and thick-based bill ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Human-Wildlife Interactions Vol. 14, No. 3, Winter 2020 Management of the brown-headed cowbird: ... Management of the brown-headed cowbird: implications ...

Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) are brood parasites that lay their eggs in the nests of host species. Cowbird chicks typically grow up in mixed broods consisting of one or more cowbird chicks ...

The brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) in North America is an obligate or generalist brood parasite of over 200 songbirds. Numerous studies show reproductive losses for individual host species (e.g ...

The brown-headed cowbird is a dark and subdued bird, with the adult males boasting a chocolate brown head on a shiny black body. At a distance, they look a little similar to a crow (but have shorter ...

MUNISING, MI -- If you‘ve ever done a double take and wondered if a bald eagle with a brown head is the same bird, the answer is yes. Brown-headed bald eagles are not in disguise, they’re ...

Brood parasite, lays eggs in other birds’ nests. A female cowbird may lay as many as 40 eggs during the nesting season. Eggs are white with brown spots and are usually larger than host eggs. Female ...

Brood parasitic birds lay their eggs in the nests of others, sparing themselves the expense of rearing their own young. The resulting coevolutionary arms race includes sophisticated defenses by ...

Boasting a wingspan of 18 inches across, males have a deep blue head and dark gray-black body. Females have a blue crown, but a gray forehead, and a gray and brown underside ... the male of the ...

(3) Brown's reversal of Plessy spawned mass protests across the south against Jim Crow—freedom rides, sit-ins, mass voter drives with all white law enforcement departments beating, hosing ...

ADELAIDE has secured the signature of small defender Luke Brown for another two years, keeping the 20-year-old at West Lakes until the end of 2015. Brown has stepped into the Crows defence in the ...

Brown became the fourth Crow in two weeks to re-commit at West Lakes, joining Rory Sloane, Richard Douglas and Rory Laird. The 22-year-old rated Betts as the AFL's leading small forward and said ...