Hi all, I just witnessed one of those sad natural scenes - a female cowbird stole two eggs from a phoebe nest, which is above the light at our back door, and proceeded to eat the yolks. Phoebes are common cowbird hosts and I assume she will lay in that nest, and that's I know this is just the way things are, but still sad to see especially after watching the phoebes build and start to incubate. Laura
Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
