Cowbirds

External Since: May 03, 2005 Posts: 10

What is being done,if anything,to curb the Cowbird problem.
With the decline in many species, it would seem to me that something
could be done to prevent them replacing other birds.

External Since: Oct 23, 2004 Posts: 58

Harry, if you can find a way to identify and monitor all the hidden cavity
nests in your neighborhood/town/county/state/country/nation where a Cowbird
might drop an egg or two, you'd have a leg up on pitching all the bogus
eggs, but it wouldn't be a patch on what Mother Nature has up her sleeve.

there is "stuff" going on out there that is not always our reponsibility.

I cringe when I see Blue Jays rob nests for food, but if they take the
biggest juiciest Cowbird hatchlings, its another story... pests controlling
pests.

Think the best and deal with the rest.

Sue
Western Maine

<harryd7521.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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> What is being done,if anything,to curb the Cowbird problem.
> With the decline in many species, it would seem to me that something
> could be done to prevent them replacing other birds.
>