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INHS Reports, October 2016: Patterns of Parental Investment in Brown-headed Cowbirds

Merrill, Loren

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Title
INHS Reports, October 2016: Patterns of Parental Investment in Brown-headed Cowbirds
Author(s)
Merrill, Loren
Issue Date
2016-10
Keyword(s)
  • Cowbirds
  • Birds
  • Parasitism
  • Nesting
Geographic Coverage
Illinois
Abstract
The Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) is an innocuous-looking songbird that has long held the ire of birders and naturalists alike. William Dawson, the late nineteenth and early twentieth century natural historian from California, called cowbirds “a blight upon the flower of progress, and the unchaste mother of a race gone wrong.”
Publisher
Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
INHS Reports no. 414 (10)
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/114518
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
Illinois Natural History Survey
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2016, University of Illinois Board of Trustees.

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