I had meant to report one that I heard on May 30. I had just moved to
Clary's Forest 17 years ago and this is the first Cuckoo I've observed here.
It would be nice if I'd recorded a Cuckoo in the last Cicada uprising but I
wasn't observing as closely then. Wish I had been paying more attention
then - the effects on feeders etc. are interesting. As others have noted,
feeder traffic has been down, especially for suet. Usually the Catbirds are
Pirahna-like on the suet, but only my tame Catbird has been by a few times,
and he only takes one grub from me - just a social call I guess.

As of today (I've been away since last week), the Cicada noise is diminished
and C-bird has been around quite a bit more. Still not as voracious as usual
and still only two. Past years I've had at least six fighting over the
goodies.

fdp

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Carol Schreter
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:17 PM
> To: 
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] More Cuckoos Than Usual? Thank the Cicadas?
>
>
> I've been hearing Cuckoo around my house in NW Baltimore City for 10 days.
> Unusual. Yesterday, June 7, I saw it. A Yellow-billed Cuckoo,
> eating Cicada.
>
> I heard Cuckoo at Cylburn Park, June 3. Saw a pair of Cuckoo at
> Pleasant View
> Golf Course on May 26. Bryce Butler has found multiple
> Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
> nests at Oregon Ridge, his BBS territory. When is the safe date?
>
> Are there more Cuckoos around, than usual? Because of the Cicadas? How do
> they know that Cicadas are not found to our north, just across
> the Pennsylvania
> line? For more info about Cicadas, go to
> http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/Michigan_Cicadas/Periodica
> l/Index.html
> or
> www.cicadas.info
> Carol Schreter
> Baltimore, Md.
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