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Definition of Cowbirds
1. cowbird [n] - See also: cowbird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowbirds
Literary usage of Cowbirds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"In Dennis's field this side the river, I count about one hundred and fifty cowbirds
about eight cows, running before their noses and in odd positions, ..."
2. The First Ascent of the Kasaï: Being Some Records of Service Under the Lone Star by Charles Somerville Latrobe Bateman (1889)
"... huts— Timidity of the inhabitant!;—An uncomfortable night—Hippopotami, buffaloes,
and cowbirds—Accident to the Stanley—Hostility of the ..."
3. Our Birds and Their Nestlings by Margaret Coulson Walker (1904)
"AMONG all the birds of America, the cowbirds are the only ones known that are
too worthless to have homes of their own and to care for their own A Cowbird. ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"Occasionally, the cowbirds leave the cattle to dart after flying locusts which
... It would seem that cowbirds sometimes attach themselves to particular ..."
5. Ecosystem Matters: Activity and Resource Guide for Environmental Educators by Mary Adams (1995)
"Nest parasitism by cowbirds is a significant threat to songbird survival. ...
This is a natural way for cowbirds to reproduce. Native cowbirds in the ..."
6. Birds of North America by Jim Roetzel (2007)
"COMMON GRACKLE Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio Part of the same family as
orioles, blackbirds, and cowbirds, the Common Grackle is regularly seen across ..."
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