YAKIMA, Wash. -- The brown-headed cowbird is bad news for other songbirds because it lays its eggs in the nest of other birds and takes no part in incubating its eggs or raising the young. This ...

The brown-headed cowbird is a species that is described as a “nest parasite.” This means that female cowbirds will find the nests of other birds and then lay one of their own eggs into the nest of the ...

Many species of birds get reputations of various sorts. One species that gets a bad rap, through no fault of its own, is the brown-headed cowbird. The female cowbird lays its eggs in the nests of ...

Thorington, K. K., Bowman, R., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2007. "Molothrus ater (Brown-headed Cowbird) lays egg in artificial nest in highlands County, Florida ...

Every spring I get reports from astonished readers describing a small bird feeding a much larger, obviously begging chick. Can you explain this, readers ask. The answer is “brood parasitism.” ...

SOUTH BEND — The peregrine falcon nest atop the downtown County-City Building bears two brown eggs that could hatch in the next month. As viewers can see through a live in-nest camera, they are being ...

Hard as it seems to believe, some people don't like birds, and some bird species are especially unpopular. Even among birders, it's hard to find affection for house sparrows and European starlings, ...