Cowbird (Male) on a High Perch at the Celery Fields, Florida

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The Cowbird feeds on insects, including the large numbers that may be stirred up by cattle. In order for the birds to remain mobile and stay with the herd, they have adapted by laying their eggs in other birds' nests. The cowbird will watch for when its host lays eggs, and when the nest is left unattended, the female will come in and lay its own eggs. The female cowbird may continue to observe the nest after laying her eggs. If the cowbird egg is removed, the female cowbird may destroy the host's eggs.
The Celery Fields is a wetlands area owned by Sarasota County and operated in conjunction with the Audubon Society. The 360+ acre park serves the multiples purposes of conservation, recreation and primary collection and depository of storm water runoff. On this day the wetlands themselves were very far from teeming with wildlife and so in order to save the day we visited the area near the parking lot where the Audubon Society keeps the bird feeders. I try to keep feeders out of my images and so I concentrated on the spots where the birds waited for their turn at the feeders or where they sometimes stopped when they left the feeders. This guy, after gorging on the seeds in one of the feeders, stopped by one of several small fountains to quench his thirst.
Info above was extracted from Wikipedia.

Taken in: United States / Florida / Tatum (show map)

Taken on: April 17, 2024

Tags:

Cowbird

Brood Parasitic

Celery Fields

Sarasota County

Sarasota

Audubon Society

Audubon

Florida

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Sets appears in: • Birds of Florida - Miscellaneous

Camera: Nikon D850, f/13.0, 0.004 sec (1/250) sec (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Aperture:	f/13.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
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