What is the name of this bird?
Jul 21, 2021 19:31:22 #
ncjim
Loc: Durham, nc
Definitely a yellow-billed cuckoo-see images-top is cuckoo, bottom is mockingbird
Jul 21, 2021 20:05:29 #
ncjim wrote:
Look like a yellow-billed cuckoo
I agree with ncjim, yellow-billed cuckoo.
Some years ago I watched a pair of these in our yard. Several times the male returned to the perch with a juicy caterpillar for the female, then they would mate.
He skipped the movie part.
Marshall
Jul 21, 2021 20:10:52 #
rwm283main
Loc: Terryville, CT
I agree with some of the suggestions, a Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Nice find, they are secretive birds.
Nice find, they are secretive birds.
Jul 22, 2021 05:15:54 #
Jul 22, 2021 07:24:20 #
flyboy61
Loc: The Great American Desert
Marg wrote:
Mockingbird has a black beak. Maybe yellow billed cuckoo. Gorgeous set whatever it is decided to be.
Agree on the gorgeous set, and don't believe it's a Mockingbird, for the above reason.
Jul 22, 2021 07:33:27 #
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Jul 22, 2021 08:58:33 #
Marg wrote:
Mockingbird has a black beak. Maybe yellow billed cuckoo. Gorgeous set whatever it is decided to be.
Young Mockingbirds do have a yellow lower beak, however I think you are correct with Yellow Billed Cuckoo due to the curvature of the top beak.
Jul 22, 2021 09:05:24 #
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Jul 22, 2021 09:16:27 #
cedymock wrote:
Young Mockingbirds do have a yellow lower beak, however I think you are correct with Yellow Billed Cuckoo due to the curvature of the top beak.
Thanks, Charles. Taught me something new today!
Jul 22, 2021 09:26:24 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
sergio wrote:
Please help!
Nice captures! I thought mocking bird myself, but can’t be sure withou seeing its extended wing or tail. We have lots of them here.
Stan
Jul 22, 2021 09:44:24 #
Marg wrote:
Thanks, Charles. Taught me something new today!
Research on things form UHH keep me learning most every day.
Jul 22, 2021 12:36:07 #
1st thought Cuckoo, checked lit, still Y-B Cuckoo. Prob immature lacking white eye ring, but the ring does show, under-tail spots there but dull, no pattern on head near eye, lower bill is yellow. Lacks white wing spots/bars and white under-tail, black eye bar and white eyebrow of N Mockingbird.
Jul 22, 2021 13:45:14 #
ncjim wrote:
Definitely a yellow-billed cuckoo-see images-top is cuckoo, bottom is mockingbird
Two awesome captures ⭐✨⭐
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