Can you pick out the cowbird egg?, sneaky little suckers, dumps their eggs in other bird’s nests, and let the other bird take care of it, the cowbird chick will grow faster and get most of the food if in fact, it doesn’t shove the other chicks out of the nest. The moral dilemma is do I dump the cowbird egg or let Mother Nature take her course? This nest is right behind the front door lamp, I usually get house finches every year nesting there. They take off when I go outside, but I suspect in nature that’s part of the deal, they deliberately nest there to scare off their predators with the human activity. All this because I’m painting around the front door to meet the homeowners violation, yes, this is my “ cure.” idiots. Problem is mama bird doesn’t like that. I’m within a couple feet of the nest, and it flys off to a branch and continually scolds me. Me: “I know, I know, just let me get this finished and I’ll be out of your way… Got my two hours in, I’m done for the day. Last ride for my Mountain Khaki (r) shorts I think using them as a painting tog, I will have only one pair left. One of those "perfect things" which you can no longer get. ** Edited by `lag at 6/30/2026, 2:19:36 PM