Smithsonian magazine: Jeffrey Hoover and Scott Robinson

March 6, 2007

A study by avian ecologist Jeffrey Hoover and Scott Robinson, Florida Museum Ordway eminent scholar and natural history chair, showing that that cowbirds actually ransack and destroy the nests of warblers that don’t buy into the ruse and raise their young was the subject of numerous stories on March 6, including Smithsonian magazine, National Geographic News and the Associated Press national wire. The stories were the result of a news release.