TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Yellow-billed Cuckoo with Insect Yellow-billed Cuckoo- Coccyzus americanus Yellow-billed Cuckoo- Coccyzus americanus, Order Cuculiformes-Family Cuculidae-Subfamily Coccyzinae. This bird is a life first for me in Ohio. On my first day back from teaching in Costa Rica, I spotted this guy feeding on insects along the creek just behind our house. Wow! Photo: June 4, 2005, Canon EOS-1D Mark II camera with 500 f/4.0 IS L lens More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Yellow-billed_Cuckoo_dtl.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact bigbendwildlands@gmail.com

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.