"It has been asserted that the American cuckoo occasionally lays her eggs in other birds' nests; but I hear on high authority of Dr. Brewer, that this is a mistake." Charles Darwin, Origin of Species 1st edition (on Kindle)
My first thought is that DNA fingerprinting would be an ideal technique to answer this question and a quick Google Scholar search didn't find any articles addressing this in Coccyzus cuckoos. I suspect the lack of papers isn't a technological problem but just from the fact that their nests are so damn hard to find.
Viburnum dentatum - great food source for birds
"It has been asserted that the American cuckoo occasionally lays her eggs in other birds' nests; but I hear on high authority of Dr. Brewer, that this is a mistake." Charles Darwin, Origin of Species 1st edition (on Kindle)
My first thought is that DNA fingerprinting would be an ideal technique to answer this question and a quick Google Scholar search didn't find any articles addressing this in Coccyzus cuckoos. I suspect the lack of papers isn't a technological problem but just from the fact that their nests are so damn hard to find.
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