Thursday, May 30, 2019

Bull and Cow


On Saturday, during the Introduction to Birding workshop at walkers, St. Andrew, we spoke briefly about the Shiny Cowbird’s brood parasitic nature,  mainly in reference to the Carib Grackle as host.  This point was forcefully highlighted when on leaving the classroom we witnessed a noisy Shiny-cowbird chick pleading incessantly to his much smaller surrogate parent, a Barbados Bullfinch.  I hope this is not going to be a norm as I am not sure how much our lone endemic can take.