Cuckoos are brood parasites who they lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species, a clever trick that spares the rearing and feeding of their own offspring. Why do other parent birds let ...

The parents that inhabit the nest may mob the cuckoo mom, preventing her from dropping ... s an avid wildlife photographer, observed the birds’ behavior in 2014 in Amsterdam, where she lives.

The multiple open-cup nests (pictured below) are the work of many different birds, but have all been commandeered by the common cuckoo, which lays its eggs in the nests of more than 100 other bird ...

But the seed-eating birds shouldn't be affected, and their nests and the cuckoo eggs in them can get through the caterpillar drought just fine. "By laying eggs in the nests of several species ...

The term comes from the cuckoo bird, which lays its eggs in the nests of other birds. See Easter Egg. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

Film lovers are mourning director Milos Forman, who won Oscars for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus. The Czech-born film-maker, who was 86, was one of a small number of foreign ...