Breeders Eggs Family Raised 
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
In the former, a female lays her fertilized egg in the nest of another species, in the hopes that her offspring will be raised by the unwitting hosts. In the latter, three or more adult individuals contribute to the raising of offspring. It turns out that the two strategies may be related.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Another member of the magpie family, the White-winged Magpie , makes do with far fewer colors. In providing this information, they quote extensively from an ornithology book that was published 3 years before I was born (and I am not a young man). Apparently, if exposed to sunlight, the green of the magpie plumage may turn blue.
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