Sy Montgomery
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Natural history writer. Author of Journey of the Pink Dolhpins: An Amazon Quest and Spell of the Tiger in addition to other books and articles.
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Cowbird, any of five species of birds that belong to the family Icteridae (order Passeriformes) that are named for their habit of associating with cattle in order to prey upon insects stirred up from vegetation. Cowbirds forage on the ground. In most species the male cowbird is uniform glossy black…
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