Brown-headed Cowbird being feed by suragate parent Song Sparrow,
My backyard, Lake Grove, New York

Brown-headed Cowbirds lay their eggs in the nest of other birds.  The fledgling in
this photo is about 4 times the size of the Song sparrow that has successfully raised it.

This photo was taken on August 14, 2003 at 6:56 am with a Canon EOS
10D, 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS Lens. The exposure was f/5.6 @ 1/60, ISO 800.

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