Yellow-billed Cuckoo
“On August 19, while briskly making my way along the meadow trail within CELT’s Runaway Farm II property, I rounded a corner toward an older section of upland forest and low and behold, a Yellow billed Cuckoo sat at eye level on a branch less than twenty feet away!”
Through the year
Columns that mention it, by the month they were published.
Year by year
Columns that mention it each year.
In his words
All 5 passages, oldest first.
One very elusive bird that I have been on the hunt for and had been reported in the Gull Crest area is the Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
This is the time of year when I enjoy looking for specific species that I often miss, including less frequently spotted shorebirds like Rudy Turnstones and American Oystercatch-ers, or different types of terns like the Artic and Roseate, and elusive gems like the Black or Yellow billed Cuckoo…
While wandering along one of CELT’s fantastic new trails in Robinson woods my thoughts were of the Black and Yellow-billed Cuckoos, American Bitterns, Wilson’s Snipe and Marsh Wrens that eluded me this time around.
This list includes birds that can still be seen in Cape Elizabeth at certain times of year like the Evening Grosbeak, Bobolink, Golden-winged Warbler, Eastern Towhee and Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
On August 19, while briskly making my way along the meadow trail within CELT’s Runaway Farm II property, I rounded a corner toward an older section of upland forest and low and behold, a Yellow billed Cuckoo sat at eye level on a branch less than twenty feet away!