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Phoebes feeding Cowbird chick, a brood parasite - includes removing fecal sac

by Nature in Motion

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Published 11 Jun 2018

A Cowbird parasitized a Phoebe nest that is located by my front porch. Phoebe parents are rearing a Cowbird instead of their own babies. I'm disappointed and it is hard to watch the insects from my yard and tiny pond (dragonfly larvae) getting eaten, but this Cowbird chick is as cute as it can be. Please read this article if you are tempted, like I have been, to remove Cowbird eggs or chicks. https://www.audubon.org/news/is-it-okay-remove-cowbird-eggs-host-nests Filmed in the Missouri Ozarks, USA, on June 10, 2018, with a Sony AX100 (pictured at the end). Includes some time lapse. CC Music: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart

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@thatswhatshesaid.literally7376 years ago Wowza, they are stuffing the little cowbird to the max! I' ve never seen a cowbird full until now. Lol. 20
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@RudigerHartmann6 years ago It is very interesting how dominantly parasitism works, and evolution did not furnish the parents with some behavior to prevent that their offspring are parasitized. Great video. 15
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@emilcacayan60944 years ago No one:
nature in motion: heres a bird raising a parasite cowbird.
me: tf is a cowbird hard pass mate
nature in motion: includes f me: so im interested in this cowbird thing you got here. ...Expand 14
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@goshtic95654 years ago What' s interesting is that sparrows normally don' t feed such large insects to their own babies. You see it carrying meal pieces that are even larger than what they can shallow. 5
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@freshboy3968last year That chick did a nice heart emote for the thumbnail.
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@poornimasivakumar59954 years ago Wow lovely video. Lovely parents. This baby is going to become a biggest baby. 3
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@MrPikaso0273 years ago LMAOOO at momma or poppa trying to feed the cowbird and it turns around like SURPRISE SHIT ATTACK 2
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@forestgrump91502 years ago I was hoping the cowbird would suffocate. He killed the other netslings pushing eggs out. 1
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@mimih233 years ago They know to feed it proportionate to its size. 1
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@gaelus43963 years ago
The baby bird was eating a butterfly!!!!! 1
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@devton86793 years ago Someone please tell me the name of the music.
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@misterkota12523 years ago I thought the sac of sh it being removed was the parasite bird. 4
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@juancarlosgomezlozano71293 years ago Nido. Con. Bellos. Retoo. Pajara. Alimentando. A. Sus. Retoo.
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@DreamilyReal5 years ago Will the cow head grow up to eat the phoebe?
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@Sarakate6014 years ago This bird needed more than one baby lol its feeding it too much it seems! 5
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@neneg43403 years ago Cowbirds push other babies and eggs out of a nest, and take all the food. Get the cowbird egg out of the nest before it hatches. Theres nothing useful or cute about cowbirds. They are mean. 10
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@emilcacayan60944 years ago No one:
nature in motion: heres a bird raising a parasite cowbird.
me: tf is a cowbird hard pass mate
nature in motion: includes f me: so im interested in this cowbird thing you got here. ...Expand 14