Monday, June 17, 2013

Ah, the wonders of technology

Black-billed Cuckoo-- photo by CCNAB from the Internet

Two days ago Cathy Weiner wrote in ebirdsNYC:

Happened upon a Black-billed Cuckoo while walking on the cedar path at the lower lobe of the Lake and was able to film for a very lucky 14 seconds before it flew east. Happy birding!

And then, because cuckoo sightings always stir up controversy [a black-billed? a yellow-billed?] she included a link to a video that made her ID impeccable:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKbz-mcwEOo