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Friday, January 15, 2021
MANGROVE CUCKOO, DING DARLING NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, SANIBEL,FLORIDA, 1/14/2021
We visited Ding Darling this past Thursday, January 14, with a group of other birders. Ebird has recently reported the sighting of a Mangrove Cuckoo in the vicinity of the Mangrove Overlook in Ding Darling. When we arrived at the Mangrove Overlook, there was a large group of birders and photographers looking at something, further on down Wildlife Drive. Low and behold, there was the Mangrove Cuckoo.
We can ID this bird as a Mangrove Cuckoo as follows:
We can ID this bird as a Mangrove Cuckoo as follows:
- Sighted in a habitat near mangroves
- Downcurved, stout bill with a yellow lower mandible with black tip (see 4th photo) and a black upper mandible
- Black ear patch and yellow eyering (see 2nd photo)
- Gray-brown upperparts
- Underparts are whitish with yellow-peachy wash
- Long, black tail with six large white spots
Thursday, January 14, 2021
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