nest of the red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus, with a cowbird egg

nest of the red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus, with a cowbird egg Stock Photo
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Scott Camazine / Alamy Stock Photo

Image ID:

CN571W

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49.8 MB (2.2 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5120 x 3401 px | 43.3 x 28.8 cm | 17.1 x 11.3 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

12 July 2011

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nest of the red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus. The vireo egg is white with a few speckles. The other egg has been put there by the nest parasite, the brown cowbird, (Molothrus ater). The female bird builds a nest of bark, grass, spider webs and other plant materials suspended in the fork of a horizontal branch.