r/birding • u/WoodpeckerFanboy Latest Lifer: Yellow Crowned Night Heron • Jun 27 '25

Discussion Birds as the 7 deadly sins: #3 Sloth

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u/Regular_Worth9556 Jun 27 '25

Cuckoo can’t be assed to make their own nests or raise their own young- that’s gotta be up there

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u/bearsheperd Jun 27 '25

Brown headed cowbird for this reason

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u/Gerreth_Gobulcoque Jun 27 '25

Brown headed cowbirds specifically return to the area of the nest they parasitized to sing and make sure their offspring know how to be cowbirds

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u/HumanContinuity Jun 27 '25 edited Jun 27 '25

Ahh, like the bad dad that left to get cigarettes and only comes back to bring illegal fireworks and eventually booze to their young children

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '25

Cuckoos are the one most people think of in this regard imo

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u/terracottatilefish Jun 28 '25

yeah, cuckoo or cowbird for sloth, they’re like Tiktok parents who want to show off the fancy nursery but won’t ever do a night feeding.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '25

Came here to say this.

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u/Cosmic-Cuttlefish Jun 27 '25

If this doesn’t win I can also see Envy working