Does no one else get these??

Yellow-billed Cuckoo Don't know why they call it Cuckoo when it say clump, clump, clump lol

look at the dots under the tail. It is really neat. He moved his head so that part blurred

OH MY .. DonnaB !!
Now, jes how special a treat can a body be bestowed!

LUV those spots on the underside of his tail feathers!!

Have you ever seen them there about, ever before -?-

Other than my seeing them in books or on tv nature programs (or your spectacular images, here) - I was beginning to think that the Cuckoo's were part of someones' vivid (& 'koo-koo') imagination .. (hee)

clump, clump, clump .. you say. Will you elaborate a bit more?

- Magpye

Great pics Donna!! I have never seen these myself except from other peoples pics.
They are such a neat looking bird! Thanks for posting these!

I didn't have them when I lived on the immediate coast but have them all over 20 miles north at our new home in the country. It always comes and watches me when I am watering but got lucky the other day and it came close when I was taking flower pics. Usually don't see it when I am out with the camera

Magpye that is what its call sounds like to me clump, clump, clump. Says it real fast sometimes

Marvelous! I haven't checked, but somehow I doubt we get those out this way - nice photos!!

Within the exception of myself, of course - I've been known to be a bit cuckoo at times.

Thanks for the info, Resin!

For the longest time I thought that noise I was hearing was from machinery. Here is a link to a recording of the "clump clump clump" sound.

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/htmwav2/h3870so.mp3

I have never been lucky enough to see the beautiful tails on these birds before, thanks for the pictures.

It certainly does sound like machinery - thanks so much for sharing!!