Recent research on a changing battle between parasite and host bird species. Fascinating how animals continue to adapt to the pressures on their population.

  • autumn (she/they)@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    i got to see a brooding parasite happen in real time! a carolina wren raised a brown headed cowbird in the potted plant on my back porch. it was a little sad to see none of the wrens make it, but it didn’t feel like my place to intervene.

    • SillySpy@lemm.eeOP
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      1 year ago

      Yeah. Nature can be brutal. And I think some of us are conditioned to save creatures because of all the unnatural ways humans mess with animals. But you made the right call there, and managed to get a great observation