[TN-Bird] Black-billed Cuckoos at Radnor

On my way home from the TOS meeting in Memphis I birded Radnor Monday morning 
(Davidson County, April 28) and around 11 a.m. I heard a Black-billed Cuckoo 
calling from a tree adjacent to the lower level of the east parking lot.  Try 
as I might, I could not locate the bird in all the leaves though it could not 
have been more than a few feet from me.  It was loudly singing in groups of 
four notes: tu tu tu tu, tu tu tu tu.  A second Black-billed Cuckoo could 
sometimes be heard in the distance responding. After about 5 minutes it had 
moved off and gave a couple of 5-noted songs: tu tu tu tu tu, tu tu tu tu tu, 
before falling silent.  
 
Radnor was wonderful.  White-eyed Vireos popping out at eye level, a singing 
Prothonotary Warbler that posed nicely for photographs, a pair of 
Prothonotaries by the Ranger's House, one of which was seen entering and then 
peering out of the Bluebird box behind the house.  I even got a good look at a 
Northern Parula.   Obviously this is only some of the highlights but I don't 
have time for a long post.
 
Carole Gobert, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
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