Cuckoo : cheating by nature /

How does the cuckoo get away with laying its eggs in the nests of other birds and tricking them into raising young cuckoos rather than their own offspring? Early observers who noticed a little warbler feeding a monstrously large cuckoo chick concluded the cuckoo's lack of parental care was the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Davies, N. B. (Nicholas B.), 1952- (Author)
Other Authors:	McCallum, James (Illustrator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Edition:	First U.S. edition.
Subjects:	Cuckoos > Behavior. Brood parasitism. Cuckoos > Evolution. Cuckoos > Life cycles. Host-parasite relationships. Parasitic birds > Behavior. Birds > Behavior. Behavior evolution. Evolution (Biology)

Table of Contents:

A cuckoo in the nest
How the cuckoo lays her egg
Wicked fen
Harbinger of spring
Playing cuckoo
An arms race with eggs
Signatures and forgeries
A cheat in various guises
A strange and odious instinct
Begging tricks
Choosing hosts
An entangled bank
Cuckoos in decline
A changing world.