August Specht - Junger Kuckuck im Nest des Rotkehlchens… by August Specht

Engraving of a young cuckoo in a robin's nest, with an adult robin feeding a caterpillar to open-beaked chicks.

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August Specht - Junger Kuckuck im Nest des Rotkehlchens, 1898, August Specht (1898), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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An engraved print shows a young cuckoo, larger and feathered in mottled brown, crowded into a robin's nest among dead leaves and twigs. An adult robin stands at the nest edge offering a caterpillar, while other open-beaked nestlings wait below and another bird perches in the foliage above. The work is titled Junger Kuckuck im Nest des Rotkehlchens, by August Specht, dated 1898.

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1898

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