Last night ‘my’ black-billed Cuckoo was calling softly at 11 pm. Surprised, I checked and yes, they are night singers—as many of you probably know. But many sources note that night singing is a mid-summer thing. Three questions then: why at night at all? Why are they known for doing it mid summer vs earlier? And what does it say that they start it early? (If it really is early). The midsummer thing might be a repeat of one mistaken report.
Not expecting that ‘we’ know, but just framing the interesting issues. Anne Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
