Last night was my highest Black-billed Cuckoo count since starting regular
recording in late May of this year. A total of 21 vocalizations were heard from
at least 18 different individuals passing over my house in Etna, NY.
I've uploaded a couple of images of the cuckoo chart for all of 2012
Just a quick note to say that last night was very quiet, migration-wise. Only
two Black-billed Cuckoos were heard in migration. The only other bird of note
was a single Swainson's Thrush.
Good night-listening!
Sincerely,
Chris T-H
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Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Field Applications Engineer
Last night (2-3 June) was unexpectedly active for cuckoos. We had the passage
of a cold front move through our region late afternoon on 2 June, resulting in
a light Northwest airflow across our region overnight.
Despite this headwind, a total of 12 Black-billed Cuckoos and 4 Yellow-billed
Good morning!
Since I've started recording most favorable nights (late May, on), it would
seem that Cuckoo migration is well under way.
The biggest push seemed to be the night of 31 May to 1 June. On this night, I
recorded 12 distinctly different Black-billed Cuckoos, with the first occurring
