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Re: Black-billed cuckoo



It might be mentioned that this bird was in pocosin habitat (or
immediately next to such habitat).  By pocosin, I mean a poorly drained
area with pond pines and a thick cover of shrubs, most of which are
broadleaf evergreens.  In 1997, I observed oversummering Black-billed
Cuckoos on the mainland of Dare County--they were in similar habitat.
Likewise, a late June Black-billed Cuckoo I observed in Onslow County in
1993 was in similar habitat.

John Fussell
Morehead City, NC
jfuss@clis.com


----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Dale Arrington <sarrington@coastalnet.com>
To: <carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu>
Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 9:21 PM
Subject: Black-billed cuckoo


> This morning Susan and I watched for about six minutes a Blackbilled
Cuckoo
> in the Croatan Forest in the extreme southern part of Craven County.
John
> Fussell had reported hearing one at this site on Little Road during
the
> spring migration in May.  Susan and I have checked it twice before,
once
> seeing briefly a cuckoo that could have been a BBC, the other time
hearing
> an abbreviated call.  This morning we played the tape at about five
minute
> intervals and after 20 - 25 minutes a bird appeared.  We had several
good
> looks at him, seeing not only the black bill and undertail pattern,
but the
> red orbital ring as well.  There is no record of this bird ever
nesting in
> this county that I know of.
>
> Also, as we were heading home we had been tipped off by John Fussell
about
> seeing a Mississippi Kite flying over the same location where a pair
has
> nested the last two years.  We visited the site and happily saw two
hawking
> dragonflys right over us.  This was in the Newport area of Carteret
County.
>
> Also, the White-winged Dove that inhabits our yard and neighborhood
may have
> a mate.  We're still checking on this, but I saw it fly off with
another
> bird this afternoon that was the same size.
> Rich and Susan Boyd
> 110 Live Oak St.
> Beaufort, NC 252-504-3850
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