Show cowbird hitchhiker the cowbird ranks as a prime grafter of the feathered kingdom lazy and tricky and possibly one of the first of the hitchhikers hitch hikers the bird is usually observed following along in the wake of cows picking up insects which are disturbed by the cow while grazing with its food thus easily acquired the cowbird apparently turns its attention to other forms of laborsaving labor saving when it desires to go places with no eff effort ort it hops to the back of a cow and rides free although not with control over the direction of the traveling even the female L is s lazy she builds no nest but lays her eggs in the nest of another bird one usually of a smaller type |