Cuckoo

[Nancy W. Dickinson]

A cuckoo has been calling in the woods behind our house almost constantly since first light. I think it’s yellow-billed: the call is a steady, rhythmic, slow single syllable This reminded me that cuckoos are known as “rain birds” who announce coming rain.

Nancy Dickinson
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[Rodney Kelshaw]

I am hearing the same right now in Casco. Pretty neat.

Rod Kelshaw

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[Sharon F.]

Here in West Kennebunk there was a black billed cuckoo vocalizing both Sat. and Sun.  Sharon in West K.

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[Michael Boardman]

I’ve heard this same call in Cumberland, Doug Hitchcox ID it as a Black-billed cuckoo. There’s a recording on the Maine Birds Facebook page

Michael Boardman

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[Nancy W. Dickinson]

I compared several recordings... and it sounded more like yellow billed, which I have seen here recently.
Nancy

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> On Aug 4, 2020, at 8:42 AM, Nancy W. Dickinson <nw...@cornell.edu> wrote:
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> A cuckoo has been calling in the woods behind our house almost constantly since first light. I think it’s yellow-billed: the call is a steady, rhythmic, slow single syllable This reminded me that cuckoos are known as “rain birds” who announce coming rain.

[Christine Murray]

The repeated single note call is a Yellow-Billed, and I've been hearing them quite a lot this year -- and I'm not alone. eBird species occurrence map shows them in abundance for 2020. Perhaps there is a caterpillar infestation drawing them? I've read they have a population bump when periodical cicadas are out, but we don't have that kind of cicada in Maine.

-Christine

[Boots.]

Don’t be fooled by chipmunks imitating cuckoos. 😁

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[Scott Richardson]

Uh oh. Did I commit an error to memory? I guess I should have brushed up on cuckoo sounds before this summer, because I've been putting the wrong label on those single-note repeaters. Fortunately, my memory is not totally wiped and I can put myself back into most of the places I've encountered cuckoos -- more than I've ever found in a year -- over the past couple of months. One thing is certain: I have seen or heard both species at some of those locations.

Scott

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