We’ve had a male here at our farm off n on for couple weeks. No bison to follow so they usually are here for the summer. They’ve been here for years.
Today we have an abundance of juncos. Charlene Nelson Elbow Lake farm Grant County still in quarantine Sent from my iPhone On Apr 21, 2021, at 6:03 AM, Halle O'Falvey <halleofal...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks Steve, That so interesting to consider, cowbirds following the bison herds. I’ve always wondered why the cowbirds would lay their eggs in other birds nests. On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 11:11 PM Steve Weston <swesto...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cowbirds are quite common. Habitat is forest edges, also farm yards. > Originally they apparently co-evolved with bison and it has been > hypothesized they developed their parasitism as a mechanism to breed and > leave their young behind as they followed the bison. > > Steve Weston > On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN > swest...@comcast.net > > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 6:53 PM Howard Markus <bluesk...@comcast.net> > wrote: > >> A male cowbird has been at my Joe’s Mix bird feeder in Woodbury all day. >> Are they common now? I don’t remember seeing them around here before. >> Thanks. >> >> Howard >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >> >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. >> > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
