Cuckoo studies

[Bobbie Ireland]

I have never seen a cuckoo in the States, but I assume there are some... perhaps a number of species? Here's a good piece on their incubation...

A cuckoo has a remarkable ability to hold its egg inside it for an extra 24 hours before releasing it into a host bird's nest, researchers have found.

They say this "internal incubation" lets a cuckoo hatch before its nest mates, chuck them out and have the food foster parents bring all to itself.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11401254

[Donna]

I have never seen a cuckoo in the States, but I assume there are some... perhaps a number of species? Here's a good piece on their incubation...

A cuckoo has a remarkable ability to hold its egg inside it for an extra 24 hours before releasing it into a host bird's nest, researchers have found.

They say this "internal incubation" lets a cuckoo hatch before its nest mates, chuck them out and have the food foster parents bring all to itself.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11401254

Those little squatters, pretty sad for the ones that get tossed out. Good article Bobbie!

[MAK]

   Thanks Bobbie! These birds have one-up on the brown headed cowbird which also lays its eggs in other birds' nests. Simply amazing that they can hold onto their eggs like that!   

[valhalla]

I have a Cuckoo that comes out every hour with a bunch of dancers and sings to me!

[Bobbie Ireland]

I have a Cuckoo that comes out every hour with a bunch of dancers and sings to me!

Arrrrrrrrggggh!

[Patti from Kentucky]

I have never seen a cuckoo in the States, but I assume there are some... perhaps a number of species?

Yes, we have three species in the states:
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo (only seen on the Southern Florida Coast)

They're not always easy to photograph because they tend to like dense, dark forests, but I managed to catch a photo of a Yellow-billed cuckoo a few years back about to dive into a tent caterpillar buffet.

Patti

[MAK]

I have a Cuckoo that comes out every hour with a bunch of dancers and sings to me!

   Yeah I've seen a couple cuckoos around here lately too!

[Donna]

I have a Cuckoo that comes out every hour with a bunch of dancers and sings to me!

   Yeah I've seen a couple cuckoos around here lately too!

Well if we're talking about them kind of Cuckoo's.....then YES, I have seen them too! They migrate all year and we have a plethora of them. 

[valhalla]

I have a Cuckoo that comes out every hour with a bunch of dancers and sings to me!

   Yeah I've seen a couple cuckoos around here lately too!

Well if we're talking about them kind of Cuckoo's.....then YES, I have seen them too! They migrate all year and we have a plethora of them. 

Actually, they originate in Bavaria from a place named ....
Schneider!  Oh my Cuckoo has a beer drinker, too!