Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) 👇 The Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is the mysterious wanderer of spring, its soft “cuck-oo” call echoing across meadows and woodlands like a timeless whisper. Sleek and gray with a graceful flight, it glides through the sky with quiet elegance. Yet behind that beauty lies one of nature’s cleverest secrets — the cuckoo never builds its own nest. Instead, it slips its eggs into the nests of other birds, leaving them to raise its young. From Europe to Asia, its h

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Cuckoos practice brood parasitism by depositing their eggs in the nests of other birds. Their eggs hatch faster, and the young cuckoo instinctively ejects the host's eggs or chicks from the nest to reduce competition. This ensures the cuckoo chick monopolizes the foster parents' care and food. Despite the chick's larger size and demanding behavior, the host birds usually continue feeding it, believing it to be their own. #reels #instagram #bird #nature #birds #birdsofinstagram #wildlife #photogr