Tag: Chicks

They were one day old when I first got them. I bought around 24 of them. After weeks of preparation, I had a plan. I was going to be rich! And these chicks would be my golden geese. At the very least, their feathers looked golden. I had planned to start a golden chicken-churning proje...

Coots are very common on Lago Trasimeno, the fourth largest lake in Italy and a place that my husband Andy and I have been coming to since our honeymoon almost thirty years ago. So common that I have to remind myself not to see one and dismiss it as “just a coot,” as I discussed in my la...

Brown-headed cowbirds, Molothrus ater, are fascinating because they have a peculiar child-rearing strategy. Female cowbirds lay their eggs into the nests of other songbirds and trick them into raising their chicks to independence. This reproductive strategy is known as brood parasitism. Some br...