FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Black-billed Cuckoo/ Fulton Co.

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April 11, 2003
Reelfoot NWR
Fulton, Co. KY

In this mornings post, I forgot to mention a Black-billed Cuckoo was calling 
on the eastern road on the refuge at Long Point. It was seen briefly in a 
Catalpa Tree. The snowy white Catalpa blooms were falling in the bayou, 
drifting in small rafts and catching on snags. They were a beautiful sight in 
the dark shadows. I could not resist stopping and trying to get a few shots, 
and then the cuckoo started calling. They are always a delight to find but 
this setting was exceptional. 

Other warblers found along this road Sunday morning were: Parula, Yellow, 
Magnolia, Cape May, Black-throated Green, Yellow-throated, Redstart, 
Prothonotary, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, and Kentucky. With my new ears, 
I also heard my first Goldfinches ever in full song and appropriately 
surrounded by bright yellow Butterweed.


Good Birding!!!

Jeff R. Wilson
OL' COOT / TLBA
Bartlett Tenn.


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