Finch Nest Parasitized by Cowbird!

This nest was built by a house finch. The mother finch laid 5 eggs. A cowbird laid a 6th egg. Cowbirds are a type of bird that lays its eggs in other nests and does not raise its own. This is known as brood parasitism. The finch mother does not realize that there is an imposter egg in its nest. She will brood and raise the cowbird as if it was her own chick. This video shows the nest with the cowbird egg in it and the cowbirds first few hours. Cowbirds hatch in 10-12 days whereas finch chicks hatch in 13-14 days. This gives the cowbird an advantage as it will be bigger than the rest of the chicks. Stay tuned for more videos of the finch nest!
Another well known parasite bird is the cuckoo.
#birdnest #broodparasitism #babybirds

[@nunya7319]

Daddy bird is like "something just aint right about this kid".

[@jocquelineprotho9837]

lol

[@starentertainment-n4l]

Hank hill(as a bird): Somethin ain’t right with that chick

[@streetplaya23]

this video is a metaphor for Europe right now lol

[@froggynzack]

I really love how you didnt have a voice over. It was nice to be able to avtually hear the birds chirping.

[@Akira625]

I heard that cowbirds don't do too well in house finch nests, as the house finch chicks are fed seeds while the cowbird chicks need insects to survive.

[@EverydayCinematicBirds]

That’s exactly what happened here. I was surprised how well it was doing up till this point just being fed mainly seeds.

[@BASEJOCK11]

They usually choke on the seeds and suffocate too

[@gotitaila4744]

Hahahahahahaha

[@FelixS.]

@@BASEJOCK11 I love this there is a video here on RUclips and I watch it everyday polishing my weeny to it ❤

[@AnimalsandBirds107]

Nice💞🙋

[@MoonaLuna8]

hii :) thank you for all those beautiful videos i enjoyed to watch them they're very nice , 👍💙🌿🕊
i used to have a house finch it was the sweetest thing that ì ever had .🧡🕊
🌻 if you can do films of house finches birds .. it would be awesome 🙂 thank you very much🕊💙

[@BrokeTheInterweb]

This is really cool. According to wikipedia though, finches feed their young a vegetarian diet so the cowbirds that end up in a finch's nest often don't meet their nutritional requirements there and don't make it. I hope this is was an exception. Imagine being born an obligate parasite, lol

[@sommerraine3082]

What were the two finches doing when they were touching beaks/mouths?

[@butterflybush8981]

The father bird was passing on the food he got - to the mother bird - so she could feed the chick later. He flies back to get more food.

[@yesidtac7863]

Que ternura

[@ggaboveaveragegamer]

Es un ave parasitó 💀

[@shannonspage9360]

The fact that the mother didn’t totally remove the cowbird egg shell is suspicious that the parent birds do in fact know this isn’t their offspring and know it will die. Leaving the mostly intact cowbird egg shell maybe enough to trick the cowbird mother into believing it wasn’t found out.

[@auto_5]

Interesting thought.

[@yamato6114]

Given what the mother cowbird does if the baby dies it’s possible

[@NaturalWorld253]

@@yamato6114in actuality the cowbird doesn’t remember what nests they have eggs in. But a cowbird will be less likely to predate a nest that has a cowbird chick in it.

[@American4.ISRAELS.right2exist.]

Daddy bird was feeding the momma 😂

[@nuddya6075]

อธิบายด้วยดิ

[@enricotoesca3941]

Wonderful 🐣🐥🐤 ❤️❤️❤️

[@diy2630]

ลงคลิปให้ยาวนานขึ้น 8 - 10 นาที นี่อะไร สั้นมาก

[@HyperFoxTails]

You should of removed the Cow-bird chick so it dose not kill the finch's chicks,

[@annarose4308]

Even if he did, the original cowbird mother would come back and destroy the nest and all remaining eggs. They watch from afar to ensure their young survives and is being fed. If not, they return for revenge. It's crazy!

[@ShadowHat]

It did die, choked on seed. Then the cow mom tossed the remaining eggs in revenge . You can find the vids on the channel.

[@HyperFoxTails]

@@ShadowHat You got caught by the Mother Cow Bird, you have to wait a few days before you remove any eggs of chicks. We do it all the time.

[@ariessolarhijiri2985]

@@annarose4308 so what kill it

[@Gustava10]

@@annarose4308wow that’s really something😮

[@Birder100]

The sweet cowbird chick is innocent and deserves to live, poor thing.

[@hullie7529]

At least they don't seem as nasty as cuckoos.

[@JoseMolina-ij3xx]

IT won't do well living in a finch's nest. They'll feed it, but it will be malnourished, because of a granivore diet finches eat. You'd think a cowbird would stop parasitizing finch nests, because of the incompatible diet.

[@thomasmleahy6218]

It's not an imposter, it's a real chick.

[@Crystalgeezerz]

But it’s not their chick

[@streetplaya23]

this video is a metaphor for Europe right now lol

[@rosasanchez2946]

pero como personas Disen proteger alos inosentes pajaritos dejando al demonio en el nido en ves q quiten al moustruo del nido

[@stealthycore]

it’s not our job to play god with the animals same way as god doesn’t interfere with our lives every time something evil happens. you could argue the morality, sure, of standing by and watching something happen that was preventable. but that’s not the purpose of this channel. the purpose is to show what nature is really like WITHOUT the interference of man. and this is it bud.

[@NaturalWorld253]

There is no need to remove the cowbird egg, they can not survive in a house finch nest and will die a day or two after hatching. In actuality it would likely be more humane to remove the cowbird egg instead of making it have to suffer slowly suffocating over a couple days.