Song thrush thrush recognizes the cuckoo's non-mimetic eggs. However, the song thrush does not demonstrate the same aggression toward the adult cuckoo that is shown by the blackbird. The introduced birds in New Zealand, where the cuckoo does not occur, have, over the past 130 years, retained the ability to recognise and reject non-mimetic eggs. Adult birds may be killed by cats, little owls and sparrowhawks, and eggs and nestlings are taken by magpies, jays, and, where present, grey squirrels. As with other passerine birds, parasites are common, and include endoparasites, such as the nematode "Splendidofilaria (Avifilaria) mavis" whose specific name "mavis"
That's What Friends Are For (The Swarbriggs song) towards bright and eye-catching costumes. The song was performed second on the night (following the Netherlands' Teach-In with "Ding-A-Dong" and preceding France's Nicole Rieu with "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste"). At the close of voting, it had received 68 points, placing 9th in a field of 19. It was succeeded as the Irish representative at the 1976 Contest by Red Hurley with When. The song and its accompanying music video were parodied in the "Father Ted" episode "Song for Europe" with the song "My Lovely Horse". That's What Friends Are For (The Swarbriggs song) That's What Friends Are For was