[obol] Cowbird chicks emerge, Benton Co.

[Joel Geier]

Hello folks,

The first Brown-headed Cowbird chick of the season appeared at our place 
in n. Benton Co. yesterday morning. Martha (age 7) and I were out 
watching birds by a water dribbler, and heard one rasping in a hawthorn 
thicket. It was being diligently attended by a female Black-throated 
Gray Warbler.

Martha was familiar with cowbirds from /Flute's Journey/, a wonderfully 
illustrated book about a Wood Thrush by Lynne Cherry, which I would 
recommend to anyone with kids, or grown-ups for that matter. I will not 
give away the plot but cowbirds do make an appearance.

Since we only saw one warbler attending this chick, we held out slim 
hope that the other parent might still be raising a surviving warbler 
nestling or two.

Good birding,
Joel

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Joel Geier
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