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Cowbird - Wikipedia
Cowbirds are birds belonging to the genus Molothrus in the family Icteridae. They are of New World origin, but some species not native to North America are ...
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Brown-headed Cowbird - Indiana Audubon
It is known as a trickster because it doesn't make its own nest, it doesn't incubate its own eggs, and it doesn't raise its own young.
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Brown-headed Cowbird - All About Birds
The Brown-headed Cowbird is a stocky blackbird with a fascinating approach to raising its young. Females forgo building nests and instead put all their energy ...
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www.allaboutbirds.org
cow-bird
ˈcow-bird [f. cow n.1] 1. ? See quot.1816 Keatinge Trav. (1817) I. 206 The cow-bird is seen an attendant upon herds of cattle [between Mogador and Morocco]..He resembles the sea-gull but his plumage is pure white. 2. U.S. a. A name for several species of Molothrus, esp. M. ater or M. pecoris (called...
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Brown-headed Cowbirds - Mass Audubon
Cowbirds are members of the blackbird family with an unsavory reputation. This species is a nest parasite—female cowbirds never build nests of their own, ...
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Brown-Headed Cowbird - Missouri Department of Conservation
The brown-headed cowbird male is glossy black, with a chocolate-brown head and dark eye. Female is gray brown with few distinguishing marks.
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mdc.mo.gov
cow-pen
▪ I. ˈcow-ˌpen, n. A pen or enclosure for cows.1635 Althorp MS. in Simpkinson Washingtons p. lxxii, To 11 women 2 days a peece weeding the oates in the cowpenns. 1688 J. Clayton in Phil. Trans. XVII. 987 As soon as they were set forth of the Cow-pens, they would fall a feeding. 1876 Bancroft Hist. U...
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Brown-headed Cowbirds - NestWatch
The Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) is a brood parasite, meaning that it lays its eggs in nests of other species.
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The Brown-Headed Cowbird Is Not Your Enemy - Medium
The Brown-Headed Cowbird is an obligate parasite, meaning that it never builds its own nest but instead lays its speckled eggs to hatch alongside (and ...
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Bird of the Month: Brown-headed Cowbird - NH Audubon
Cowbirds were historically a bird of the Great Plains, where they followed herds of bison. Their parasitic behavior served them well in this ...
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How Brown Headed Cowbirds Discover Their Identity - YouTube
... Cowbird. These birds are brood parasites, which means they will lay their eggs in other bird species nests and let them raise their young ...
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Brown-headed Cowbird Photos - Photographs - Pictures
Brown-headed Cowbirds aren't exactly everybody's favorite bird. Given their breeding strategy is to lay their eggs in the nests of other species, and let that ...
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www.sdakotabirds.com
William Jennings Bryan 1896 presidential campaign
Populist leader Henry Demarest Lloyd described silver as the "cow-bird" of the Populist Party, which had pushed aside all other issues.
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rose-coloured
ˈrose-ˌcoloured, a. [f. rose n.] 1. a. Having the pink or light crimson colour of a rose; roseate, rosy.1526 Tindale Rev. xvii. 3, I sawe a woman sytt apon a rose colored best. 1580 in Liturg. Serv. Q. Eliz. (1847) 578 Strengthen her hand..to double into the bosom of that rose-coloured whore that [e...
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cow
▪ I. cow, n.1 (kaʊ) Forms: sing. 1–4 cu, 3–4 ku, 3–6 cou, kou, kow, 4–7 cowe, kowe, (5 cough, 6 coowe), 3– cow. Plural cows, kine (kaɪn), north. kye (kaɪ): see below. [A Common Teut. and Common Indo-germanic word: OE. c{uacu} = OFris. k{uacu}, OS. có (MDu. koe, Du. koe, LG. ko), OHG. chuo (MHG. kuo,...
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