This Morning Outside

by Diane Porter

July 1, 2014
Birdwatching Dot Com
Fairfield, Iowa

A yellow-billed cuckoo knock-knock-knocked in the forest this morning. The repeated wooden sound came from a tree so close and tall that I had to lean over backwards to see the caller.

Although yellow-billed cuckoo are declining about 3% per year, I hear them fairly often in summer. Far less often I get to see one. So today has started off pretty well.

© 2014 Diane Porter

—Diane Porter

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