Some bird got wise...

And discarded this cowbird egg from its nest. Phone shot where I found it.

[Esther Rosenberg]

Super find! Nice speckled egg.

[Bucktree]

Nice find.

[Mags]

@dutchothotmailcom Thank you, Esther!

@dkellogg Thanks, David!

[Sharon Lee]

Great find!

[Mags]

@sugarmuser Thanks so much, Sharon!

[Susan Wakely]

How lovely to see.

[Mags]

@wakelys Thank you, Susan!

[Larry Steager]

Turnabout is fair play.

[LManning (Laura)]

Nice closeup!

[Walks @ 7]

Nice find and I now know what a cowbird is

[Kathy A]

Thats a pretty egg. Mr Google has helped me out with cowbird, I had never heard of it

[Diana]

Fabulous find and shot, that must really have been a smart bird.

[Pam]

Smart bird! Those cowbirds are pesky creatures! Awesome shot!

[Mags]

@larrysphotos Yessiree!

@ljmanning Thanks, Laura!

@joysabin Yes, a lot like the cuckoo in the UK. Likes other birds to raise its young.

@kjarn Thank you, Kathy! They are a lot like the cuckoo in the UK. Lay their eggs in another birds nest to let the other birds raise their babies.

@ludwigsdiana Probably one that has experienced the raising of a strange chick! LOL!

@pamalama Thank you, Pam! They are awfully lazy clowns. LOL!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Well spotted and a nice capture. I'll have to look up cowbird.

[Mags]

@mittens Thank you, Marilyn!

[Krista Marson]

Neat how birds just know

[Mags]

@blueberry1222 Yes! Until they can mimic another bird's eggs like the cuckoo of the UK.

[Shepherdman's Wife]

What a shame

[Mags]

@shepherdmanswife I'm sure some other bird's nest will not be so wise. =)