tailorbird & cuckoo
Location - wai
22 SEPTEMBER-2012
Camera NIKON D90
Focal Length 300mm
Shutter Speed 1/640 sec
Aperture f/5
ISO/Film 250
This is a rare shot of an incidence which occurs ever so often in nature, but always behind curtains. This is a live example of Parasite Brooding by Cuckoo species. The cuckoos typically do not build their nests; instead they lay eggs in other birds' nests. We have all heard the story of Koels laying eggs in Crow's nest. Here, we can see a Grey-bellied cuckoo juv. is being fed by the 'pseudo-parent' Tailor Bird. Even when the eggs are hatched, and birds continue to feed the Juv. till they are independents
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