[birdky] Re: RPT: Cuckoo Nest - Floyd Co
- From: "Mark Monroe" <markmonroe1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 10:12:03 -0400
Although some brood parasitism does occur with North American cuckoos,
the norm for our Yellow-billed (Coccyzus americanus) is to build nests
and rear their own young. Brood parasitism is the norm in many old
world cuckoos however, most famous of which are the Common Cuckoo
(Cuculus canorus) and members of that genus.
Mark Monroe
Louisville, KY
On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 5:42 AM, Lyneart <lyneart@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was thinking that cuckoos were parasitic themselves, in the same fashion
> as Cowbirds.
> Frank Lyne frank@xxxxxxxxxxx near Dot in Logan County
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Scott Freidhof
> To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 10:17 PM
> Subject: [birdky] RPT: Cuckoo Nest - Floyd Co
>
> I blundered into a yellow-billed cuckoo nest this past Wednesday at the
> Dewey Lake Wildlife Management Area in Floyd County. There were two
> nestlings present and one egg. The egg was pale blue. The nestlings were
> charcoal gray in color and one was bigger than the other. The young did not
> look like cuckoos at all, maybe cowbirds but I don't know for sure.
>
>
>
> Scott Freidhof
>
> Rowan County
>
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