Brood parasitism: The most well-known cuckoos are brood parasites, meaning they lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species. The cuckoo chick kicks the host's eggs or chicks out of the nest. #america #are #you? #nyc | Joli Mayra

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The Baby Bird That Evicts Its Siblings Before They Even Hatch What chick hatches into the world already programmed for strategic murder? Meet the common cuckoo chick — nature’s most notorious brood parasite. Instead of raising its own young, an adult female cuckoo lays her egg in the nest of another bird (often a warbler, pipit, or sparrow), leaving the unsuspecting foster parents to do all the work. The cuckoo chick hatches early, blind and naked… and immediately begins its takeover. With a bui