Cuckoo perched sketch | Limited edition fine art print from an original drawing.

The common cuckoo is a well-known brood parasite, meaning it lays its eggs in the nests of other, smaller bird species. A newly hatched cuckoo instinctively evicts the host's own eggs and chicks from the nest to monopolize food and attention. The familiar two-note 'cuckoo' call is made primarily by the male during the spring and early summer breeding season.