Columnist, who first laid eyes on cuckoo at 12 years old, describes bird's fascinating diet, sound, and hunting pattern ...

The yellow-billed cuckoo is a trans-Gulf migrant as well as southeastward over Caribbean Islands. In spring, the Gulf Coast peak occurs around May 1 and in the southern Great Lakes May around May 10.

NATURAL HISTORY YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO } Coccyzus americanus FAMILY: Cuculidae DESCRIPTION: The yellow-billed cuckoo is a robin-sized bird with a slender, long-tailed profile, a length of roughly 12 ...

Ecologically, the yellow-billed cuckoo is one of Georgia’s most important birds — one of the few species that readily eat spiny, hairy caterpillars, including destructive tent caterpillars ...