i just remembered that i had a dream last night of a yellow-billed cuckoo. in my dream i didn't have a great look at the bird (i didn't have binoculars), but it was very clear it was the yellow-billed cuckoo. so exciting even in a dream.
brian and i saw this bird once when we were out birding in charlottesville. we were walking around a natural area and just happened to get lucky. they're supposed to like catepillar nests, and there are tons of those in virginia in the springtime, but we've only ever seen the one yellow-billed cuckoo--in real life that is.
if you're interested in this bird, there's a great audobon painting of two yellow-billed cuckoos in a paw paw tree. that picture is actually sitting on my office desk. it's great.
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I would find that bird more interesting if it lived with the Bokononists on the Island of San Lorenzo.
well, you know there is a mangrove cuckoo (the yellow billed's tropical cousin), and i'm sure that one's there for the bokononists. not even ice-9 could obliterate that bird.
i saw a bird last week that i need you to identify for me. i was going to send you a picture...but if i could do that - i would probably have identified it myself, right? i'll still try and send you a picture!
I'm going to start calling you "the bird lady".
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