tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320551594632143126.post8186450507287332699..comments2023-10-26T07:12:53.872-04:00Comments on East Niagara Post: EXPLORING THE NIAGARA FRONTIER: Cowbirds – the deadbeat parents of the animal kingdomAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225461645121026758noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320551594632143126.post-90420203894204280362015-07-23T15:29:44.032-04:002015-07-23T15:29:44.032-04:00I had a cowbird lay an egg in a robin's nest o...I had a cowbird lay an egg in a robin's nest on my porch a couple years ago. They pushed all but one robin egg out and laid one egg. The robins ended up abandoning the nest. A few days later a house finch built her nest inside the robin's nest, leaving the one robin egg and one cowbird egg in the bottom of the old nest. She laid 4 or 5 eggs and was able to hatch one but because that Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786741239289065714noreply@blogger.com