Thanks, Anne, for clearing that up. It’s much less bizarre that the fledglings,
after being old enough fly well, move out of the host territory at dusk to
roost, but still fascinating because it’s not clear why they should leave if
they are only going back again in the morning. Maybe they don’t
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From: AB Clark [anneb.cl...@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2020 10:14 AM
To: Magnus Fiskesjo
Cc: John Confer; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: "Juvenile cowbirds sneak out at night" - RE: [cayugabirds-l]
Cowbirds
At the risk
At the risk of making this a longer-than-wanted discussion, I will briefly
answer—and then retreat!
I just read Magnus’ report on Louder et al’s study from U Illinois and
downloaded the actual paper and here is the story. No one is leaving at 3 am!
Or flying out of a nest as a nestling. To
Thanks. Yes it's curious and hard-to-believe and I think that's why I remember
so clearly reading about this in the Lab of O's Living Bird member's magazine,
but as I said, can't find that article online--perhaps it is only in their
printed version which I must have read 2017 or later. AllAbou
