Nature's Voices- Yellow-billed cuckoo- You might hear their quiet conversations (sounding like a pigeon cooing) interspersed with louder ku-ku-ku that resonates higher in pitch or louder tok-tok-tok sound. They are talking to one another, possibly to a mate or another cuckoo in the area. Both yellow-billed cuckoos and their more elusive cousins, the mangrove cuckoo, nest in the Florida Keys. They often feed on caterpillars crawling around on trees. One "tell-tail" way to identify them is their b

The voice of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo is heard less frequently as the open woodlands and riparian areas where cuckoos nest have been replaced by productive fields and tidy lawns. But in the undeveloped stretches of the Midwest, watch for the slinky, slender form of the cuckoo — and listen for its evocative voice. | BirdNote

This Yellow-billed Cuckoo has been released after recovering from a window collision! Window strike is the most common reason that cuckoos come to the Center for care. Not all window strike victims are as lucky as this individual. Across bird species, window strikes are a top cause of mortality killing nearly 1 billion birds in the U.S. each year. The overwhelming majority will never make it into rehabilitation for care. Protect birds by making your windows less dangerous. Using tape (eg. ABC Bi

This yellow-billed cuckoo that came to us a couple weeks ago had head trauma and was unable to fly for more than a few seconds. Now she is able to fly more consistently. She should be ready for release in this upcoming week. One of our aviary techs says, "She is a very picky eater and out of all the food we have tried she only eats mealworms. We thought she was a female because in her X-rays it looked like she had an egg but nope she just needed to poop. I still call her a she though out of habi