Yellow Warbler Feeding Cowbird Fledgling

Date Photo was Taken
A brown-headed cowbird fledgling begs for food from a yellow warbler at Upton State Forest.
A brown-headed cowbird fledgling begs for food from a yellow warbler at Upton State Forest.

Eileen Samberg photographed this yellow warbler feeding a brown-headed cowbird fledgling at Upton State Forest. Brown-headed cowbirds are known as "brood parasites;" the female will lay eggs in other birds nests, leaving the host birds to raise the chick.