About this episode

This episode discusses the brown-headed cowbird and its controversial reputation among bird lovers.

There’s a kind of bird that lots of people think is a real jerk. And it kind of is. But in the brown-headed cowbird’s defense, it’s just evolved that way. Find out why it has such a bad reputation among bird lovers in this Short Stuff. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant

Topics covered

• birds
• evolution
• animal behavior
• nature
• reputation

Keywords

• brown-headed cowbird
• bird behavior
• evolution
• nature
• animal reputation

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Organizations: iHeartPodcasts

Books & works: Short Stuff: Brown-Headed Cowbird

Places: brown-headed cowbird

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