Brood parasitism (or egg dumping) is a reproductive strategy where a female bird lays its eggs in the nest of another bird, leaving the host to incubate and raise the chicks. This benefits the parasitic bird by avoiding the energy costs of parenting. It can occur within the same species or across different species, with well-known examples including cuckoos and cowbirds. | Hashem Al-Ghaili

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

BROOD X! 🪲 Brood X cicadas have come out of hibernation, emerging from the ground for the first time in 17 years across the eastern United States. Footage shared by Gifford Pinchot State Park in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, shows cicadas covering a tree and husks littering the ground. Have you seen the cicadas yet? https://7ny.tv/3yAVY6H | ABC7NY

Brood X cicadas emerged from hibernation for the first time in 17 years, crowding on the ground and climbing trees in Silver Spring, Maryland. https://abcn.ws/3u5IyfE | ABC News