nest of the red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus, with a cowbird egg

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nest of the red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus. The vireo egg is white with a few speckles. The other egg has been put there by the nest parasite, the brown cowbird, (Molothrus ater). The female bird builds a nest of bark, grass, spider webs and other plant materials suspended in the fork of a horizontal branch.

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Size: 3401px × 5120px
Photo credit: © Scott Camazine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ater, cowbird, molothrus, nest, olivaceus, parasite, red-eyed, vireo