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Cowbird behavior in Stowe
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[log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 20 Aug 2007 06:49:52 -0400668_- Sunday, August 19, 2007, 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Hoagland-Blackstub Road
Mosquito Wildlife Area, Trumbull County
Weather: 59F, moderate rain, fog
Observers: Henry Burton, Bob Finkelstein, Jerry and Marjorie Howard, Paula
Lozano

While scanning the mudflat to relocate the marbled godwits, a small
gull-like bird caught my eye. Although the weather conditions and visibility
were -- to say the least -- not good, some its field marks were visible
using our scopes. The first one I noticed and called out was the dark "M"
across both upperwings when the bird fluttered-up and flew short distances.
Other field marks I noted were a dark [...]45_20Aug200706:49:[log in to unmask]
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Last night, August 15, 2008, while waiting for a hamburger order at Swenson's in Stow, Ohio, my friend Jay Abercrombie pointed out a juvenile cowbird hopping under the cars near a couple of house sparrows.  To our amazement, the cowbird baby was following the sparrows doing begging behavior and the sparrows seemed undisturbed by their young companion.  While we didn't actually see the sparrows feed this baby, they certainly appeared to be acting as parents and teaching it to hang out at fast food joints.        
Kathleen Bradley- who called a cooper's hawk a sharp-shinned last spring and vowed never to post again.

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