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  • Study provides video evidence of parental infanticide in a grassland bird species

    Apr 20, 2018 9:30 am by Lauren QuinnCampus Life
    Dickcissel songbird, singing with beak open

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    • Dickcissel songbird, singing with beak open

    When baby birds go missing from their nests, it's usually chalked up to predation. But in rare cases, it can be infanticide. That behavior has been documented in dickcissels for the first time