[bcbirdclub] Re: Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
- From: "Jerry Thornhill" <jthill@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 06:55:47 -0400
It (the Yellow-billed Cuckoo) was also called Rain Crow in North Louisiana
where I grew up.
Jerry Thornhill
Rockdell, VA
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[mailto:bcbirdclub-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Mayhorn
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 9:53 PM
To: Buchanan County Bird Club
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Re: Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
Cheryl,
There is a very good chance that your grandmother is referring to the sound
of one of the cuckoos, probably the Yellow-billed. Cuckoos and doves sound
pretty similar. When I was a kid growing up in Eastern KY, everyone I knew
called the Yellow-billed Cuckoo the "Rain Crow". I once mentioned the name
"Rain Crow" on VA-Birds and received several e-mails. One guy in Tennessee
and one in Kansas said that they had heard that name for the Yellow-billed
Cuckoo in their areas.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
----- Original Message -----
From: CHERYL <mailto:thompsone@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 8:25 PM
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Re: Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
When my 89 year old grandmother hears a Mourning Dove, she calls it a Rain
Crow.
Could she be thinking of a Black-billed Cuckoo?
Cheryl
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From: Don <mailto:donc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Carrier
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Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 8:40 PM
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
While not a rare bird, it's rare enough for me. Taken near my friend Roger's
house on Compton Mountain Va. this morning. Roger shared with that me his
dad called the bird a Rain Crow. The book titled American Ornithology; Or,
The Natural History of the Birds of the United States published in 1832
credits Virginians for nicknaming the cuckoo Rain-Crow. The Auk quarterly
journal volume VIII published in 1891 credits the natives of Bahamas with
the Rain Crow nickname.
At any rate he's a Georgous bird and a lucky find for me.
Don Carrier
Bristol, Tennessee
www.birdsgonewild.org <http://www.birdsgonewild.org/>
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