It is considered rare but it does occur in both ybcu and bbcu.
David Gersten
Silver Spring, MD
From: James Tyler Bell [mailto:<jtylerbell...>] Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 4:05 PM To: psalmus50; <mdbirding...> Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Brood parasite cuckoo at Patuxent River SP
That's interesting. I thought it was the Old World Cuculinae cuckoos that were brood parasites and not the New World cuckoos.
Tyler Bell <jtylerbell...> California, Maryland
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From: psalmus50 <psalmus50...> To: "<mdbirding...>" <mdbirding...> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 4:00 PM Subject: [MDBirding] Brood parasite cuckoo at Patuxent River SP
While fly fishing for several hours on the Patuxent my son and I were treated to a terrific chorus of local birds including several warblers. The best spots were just east of Rt 97. Sadly, a pair or redstarts were feeding what I instinctively thought was a cowbird. When I brought my binocular up I saw that the young large bird was in fact a cuckoo.
Here is the complete list:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11028090
David Gersten Silver Spring, MD
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