Yellow-billed Cuckoo Profile
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Profile
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) is perched on a branch showing us its beautiful profile at a farm in Summers County, West Virginia.
Sometimes common but usually hard to observe, the Yellow-billed Cuckoo inhabits dense leafy groves and thickets during the summer. Its stuttering, croaking calls, audible at a great distance, are often heard on hot, humid afternoons; people sometimes call this bird the 'rain crow,' imagining that it is calling for rain.
Local numbers rise and fall with insect outbreaks; however, surveys show a general decline in recent decades. The species has disappeared from some western areas and is considered endangered in others, with loss of habitat a major cause.
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December 14th, 2022
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Comments (64)
Nirav Shah
Great portrait of the cuckoo on its perch. Love the colours of the blurred background :) l/f
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2022 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!!
Taphath Foose
Beautiful work, Jurgen!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "All about Birds"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Larry Kniskern
Jurgen – congratulations on this image being selected as an initial candidate for consideration in the January "Photo of the Month" for the Go Take a Hike Photography Group. Even though not advancing as a finalist, this image is most worthy of recognition as a superb photographic effort, so congratulations and well done!
Rick Davis
Good Morning Jurgen, I wanted to stop by an see this beautiful bird photo again! It is so nice with the background! It's such a favorite to me!!!!
Lois Bryan
Jurgen, this guy is so beautiful. And they're in WV? I looked them up, listened to the call and don't even think I've heard him!!! Gorgeous capture!!!! f t
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