Podcasts about cowbirds

Send us a textIn today's story, Cowbirds, a quarterly convention faces some daring distractionsToday's prompt was inspired by a finch nest in my front door wreath which appears to have been infiltrated by a cowbird egg. If you enjoy today's story, please share it with your friends and leave a review for Freely Written. You can also send me  a prompt suggestion, and I'll be sure to credit you in the episode. Thank you!More about Susan QuiltySusan Quilty mainly writes novels, including two standalone novels and her current YA series: The Psychic Traveler Society.  Susan's short stories for Freely Written are created during quick writing breaks and shared as a way to practice her narration skills before she dives into recording audio versions of her novels.Website:  SusanQuilty.comFacebook: Freely WrittenThe Freely Written Book: Freely Written Vol. 1Freely Written merch: Bitter Lily Books ShopSupport the show

Kentucky Warblers nest in forested regions in much of the East, preferring woodlands with a dense understory, often near streams or other wetlands. These birds can use our help. As their forest habitat shrinks, it's easier for Brown-headed Cowbirds to find and parasitize the warblers' nests. While migrating, they are easy prey for domestic cats, so keeping cats indoors can save many warblers. And buying products like shade-grown coffee can help keep their tropical winter habitat in good shape.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible. 

Brown-headed Cowbirds have a sneaky approach to parenthood. They lay eggs in the nests of other songbirds, and the songbird hosts often raise the cowbird chick as their own. It's called nest parasitism. But sometimes the hosts throw out the odd-looking egg. And when that happens, the cowbirds sometimes retaliate by destroying the hosts' other eggs. Scientists call this “mafia behavior,” likening it to organized crime groups enforcing their demands on unwilling business partners.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible. 

This week a little different than our usual episodes. Instead of talking about a single bird species, we each brought a different topic to the table to talk about.  We talked about baby belted Kingfishers, CT scanning birds, different bird dialects, and a movie idea where a brown-headed cowbird leaves an egg in a human's bassinet. What genre would that movie be? Listen to find out! Join John Bates, Shannon Hackett, RJ Pole, and Amanda Marquart for this week's episode of Birds of a Feather Talk Together. Please send us your questions for us to answer as well! You can send them to podcast.birdsofafeather@gmail.comMake sure to follow us on instagram and tik tok as well!!Enjoy!

00:02:00 - Koan - 'Not Helping' 00:08:47 - Exercise - in Groups of - 1. Reflect on the Koan for 5 minutes - 2. Speak to what it brings up in you, if anything 00:08:55 - Joel Invites Participants to Share Koan taken from : Zen Master Raven: Sayings and Doings of a Wise Bird - 2002 - Robert Aitken 'Not Helping' After a talk by Raven about the Precepts, Woodpecker said, “The Cowbird lays her eggs in the Wren's nest and the two wrens have to hustle to feed the cowbird's baby as well as their own. I don't see why the wrens stand for it, especially since the cowbirds baby is a lot bigger, and theirs has a huge appetite. Maybe the wrens are really Bodhisattvas, selflessly devoted to helping others”. Raven said “They arn't helping the Cowbirds”

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Some birds are known to lay their eggs in another bird's nest. They then go off while the “host” parent, or parents, get stuck with all the parental care of these young, often at the expense of their own offspring. And brown-headed cowbirds are notorious for this practice, called brood parasitism.

This is the final part of the 3-part series and focuses on the eggs of our avian friends. My returning guest is Kathe Anderson ( Episode 27), who is a lifelong-learner and sharer, of anything bird-related. She frequently leads field trips in the Phoenix-area and at wildlife festivals across Arizona. She participates in local survey programs and Christmas Bird Counts, along with authoring articles for local Audubon Society newsletters. Kathe also presents at festivals, like the Southeast Arizona Birding Festival, where we first met and she also presented on eggs. Chapters00:00 - Intro01:13 - Recent Bird Count Experience07:36 - Introduction to Avian Eggs08:55 - Parts of an Egg09:51 - The Journey of an Egg14:37 - The Shell15:52 - Egg Shapes17:02 - When Does an Egg Hatch?19:16 - Egg Fragments after Hatching20:24 - Eggs and the Surrounding Environment21:11 - Relationship between Nests and Eggs25:19 - Birds that Lay Eggs in Others' Nests26:29 - Egg Size and Bird Size27:52 - The Egg Rule29:05 - The Phalarope's Eggs32:08 - Brown-headed Cowbirds & Their Many Eggs35:33 - Nest Parasites Outside the US36:49 - Maintaining Egg Temperatures39:02 - Summary of Egg Segment39:33 - Bird of the Episode: Gambel's Quail51:26 - OutroVerde Valley Birding and Nature Festival 2023 https://verderiver.org/birding-festival/For pictures, please check out the Podcast's Instagram: @lookingatbirdspodcastTo look at birds while you listen to the podcast, please check out the Podcast's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@lookingatbirdsThank you for listening!

A short yet detailed introduction to Cowbirds.

A short yet detailed introduction to cowbirds.

A short yet detailed introduction to cowbirds.

I struggled with this episode.  It took a lot of time and effort to get it to come together. I wasn't going to work on it until later in the fall but did anyway. Its still not perfect but nothing in life is so I'm sending it out there anyway. I hope you find it helpful, and please forgive any mistakes, mishaps, and oopsies. Today we talk about Western Meadowlark (2:11) Bullocks Oriole (7:30) Brown Headed Cowbird (10:30) Brewers Blackbird (14:05) and Great-Tailed Grackle (16:40). There is also a comparison of all the birds in this family including Red-Wing and Yellow-Headed blackbirds starting at (19:15).    Podcast website: https://birdingbyearpodcast.podbean.com/ Facebook pages: https://www.facebook.com/BirdingByEarPodcast   Other useful sites: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/ https://www.audubon.org/ https://ebird.org/home   Thanks for listening.   

Brown-headed Cowbirds have a sneaky approach to parenthood. They lay eggs in the nests of other songbirds, and the songbird hosts often raise the cowbird chick as their own. It's called nest parasitism. But sometimes the hosts throw out the odd-looking egg. And when that happens, the cowbirds sometimes retaliate by destroying the hosts' other eggs. Scientists call this “mafia behavior,” likening it to organized crime groups enforcing their demands on unwilling business partners. More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.

A sermon on avarice.

A sermon on avarice.

June 9, 2020 - Al Batt talks about why he and his wife are now foster parents to baby squirrels. He also discussed: His Skunk His pet goose How much does a bird eat per day? Who's eating holes in my tomatoes? Cowbirds are moochers repelling geese

Only guest with a baseball scholarshipJeff Martin joins me on the podcast this week.  He's actually the first non psychologist on the show.  He's a biologist or something...Jeff attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) from 2011-2015 on a baseball scholarship. He earned both a BSc in Health and Sports Science and a second BSc in Biology specializing in Natural History. Though they didn't have a traditional honours program, he did research under the supervision of Dr. Aaron Place investigating simple conditioning in reptiles – mainly snakes. He then moved back home to Canada to attend Western University, obtaining his MSc studying with Dr. David Sherry at the Advanced Facility for Avian Research. His Master's research focused on how birds respond behaviourally to changes in overwinter temperatureJeff continued at Western and obtained his PhD under the supervision of Drs. David Sherry and Yolanda Morbey. His research focused on caching decisions made by Canada Jays and what factors may influence site- and item-selection. Jeff has just started a post-doc with Dr. Mélanie Guigueno at McGill University in Montréal (Go Habs Go!), where he will be investigating male choosiness in Brown-headed Cowbirds, and the importance of ecologically relevant tasks in animal cognition and behaviour.Thanks to Red Arms for letting me mash up their music.mp3 download

June 8, 2021--Co-hosts Tim Bray and Robert Spies interview behavioral biologist Dr. Mark Hauber of the University of Illinois about Cowbirds. Widespread and abundant, Cowbirds are "brood parasites:" laying their eggs in the nests of unsuspecting other birds who incubate those eggs and raise the young. Learn about the intricate behavior of cowbirds and their victims in this fascinating interview.

Cowbirds are distinct because they do not assume their own responsibilities, but expect other birds to assume them.

Got someone else‘s eggs in your nest? Get rid of them!

Kentucky Warblers nest in forested regions in much of the East, preferring woodlands with a dense understory, often near streams or other wetlands. These birds can use our help. As their forest habitat shrinks, it’s easier for Brown-headed Cowbirds to find and parasitize the warblers’ nests. While

Kentucky Warblers nest in forested regions in much of the East, preferring woodlands with a dense understory, often near streams or other wetlands. These birds can use our help. As their forest habitat shrinks, it’s easier for Brown-headed Cowbirds to find and parasitize the warblers’ nests.

Brown headed cowbirds,ri license,hiking tips

Completing a late afternoon stroll in the Barkpeelings. Lounging on a moss sofa, listening to the chorus. Observations on the Cowbirds’ egg-depositing-deception and dereliction of parenting duty. Credits & Links: Click the links below for details about the bird vocalizations used in this episode from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Ruby-throated...

Why do we call them "cowbirds," and why are they nicknamed "mafia birds"? Does the mafia still exist? Are cowbirds running an extortion racket in my backyard? Macken answers all on this episode of Species. Bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YkTHau7VoFc5JrdXYl-kYuIwA1XlRATPBxL1djKyEKE/edit?usp=sharing

Eastern phoebe feeding a brown-headed cowbird chick. Cowbirds are kind of like the Manchurian Candidate. Gay griffon vulture pair raise a chick in an Amsterdam Zoo. A fascinating look at the amazing talent of Julie Zickefoose as she restores an Audubon Elephant Folio. Jane Yolen is partnering with Cornell Lab of Ornithology to write some books about birds for kids. You know the dude who broke the North American Big Year record? He donated over $36,000 to offset his carbon footprint. What, there are other podcasts to listen to? Here are the ones we referenced:Out There With The Birds specifically the migration episode. The American Birding Association PodcastLang Elliot's Music of NatureNon Birding Bill's podcast with Sam Landman called Aging Poorly