What Do Cardinal Eggs Look Like? There are a few ways to identify Northern cardinal eggs. First, look at their general color. The eggs of these birds come in hues of off-white, such as grayish white ...

The team is "here to stay," no matter what, lead researcher Keith Bowers said, amid federal funding changes for scientific ...

The brown-headed cowbird is notorious for laying eggs in the nests of more than 200 bird species and basically tricking those birds into raising the cowbird’s babies.

It highlights the female redstart's meticulous nest-building, the male's role in feeding, and the impact of the cowbird's parasitic behavior on other birds.

Photo courtesy of Tom Tatum Some would-be hosts of the cowbird eggs take matters into their own hands. While most host species are unable to distinguish cowbird eggs from their own, some do.

The scientists found that, once cowbird eggs were laid in a warbler nest, if they were accepted, that nest was successful more than 95 percent of the time, meaning that warbler eggs were hatched.

Brown-headed Cowbird Cowbirds engage in brood parasitism, laying eggs in other birds' nests, leading host parents to raise cowbird chicks that often outcompete their own young.

Scott Coulter's Cowbird Capital has closed, the second Lone Pine spinout to shutter this year. In the past five years, four others have either shuttered or stopped trading hedge-fund strategies ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brown-headed cowbirds are hard to love. They aren’t pretty or melodious. And worst of all, they’re deadbeat parents, tricking other birds into rearing their young.