I had occassionally been seeing Yellow-billed Cuckoos in the woods behind the house (West Knoxville) this summer but was dissappointed that they hadn't been calling. I love hearing their call. And with as much rain as we had last week you'd think the raincrows would be calling all the time. ;-) Turns out I was just listening at the wrong time. I was out taking pictures of some moths at the lights last night (24 June) at around 11:30 PM when I heard a YB Cuckoo calling. I didn't realize they called at night but a check with Bent's Life Histories reveals: "The song of the yellow-billed cuckoo is often heard during the night,...." Dean Edwards Knoxville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================