Dateline: 14 September 2024, Presque Isle State Park
The Pine Tree Trail was on fire Saturday afternoon. Not literally. That would be bad. Bird-wise, rather. Especially an amazing and very surprising encounter w/ two Yellow-billed Cuckoo. First BirdingPI.com sighting of this species outside Arizona, first BirdingPI.com sighting of “more than one at the same time/location.”
Note the black-and-white bands visible on the underside of the tail:
Yellow-billed Cuckoo are known for hunting caterpillars = great to see here:
Awful/blurry shot, but just for the record – one individual @ far left, another @ lower right (very blurry):
Let’s hope nobody calls the Team Leader Coocoo!
Or that he is ‘for the birds…’
This Team Member is very glad to see these Cuckoo birds pictured! He never knew they were so pretty!
Good job, Team Leader!