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21-APR-2009

Black-billed Cuckoo

Very bright light at near noon but I finally got a black-billed cuckoo. This was taken in the beautifully landscaped yard of Sherry Thayer. They have feeders and water features throughout their property, a nice change from slogging through the woods and swamps.

Nikon D700
1/125s f/6.7 at 650.0mm iso200 full exif

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Guest 23-Apr-2009 15:28
It' always nice when you can get a photo of a new bird...
Nice image in spite of the harsh mid-day sun light...
Carol Rollins23-Apr-2009 13:09
Congratuations on this wonderful sighting and capture Gayle! Yea!!
Beautiful image....he is ready to swing ~
Joanne Kamo23-Apr-2009 09:42
Wow! I've never seen one of these..gorgeous image..thanks for sharing.
Cindi Smith23-Apr-2009 03:08
It is a gorgeous capture...perfect lighting and love where he is hanging out!
Breland23-Apr-2009 02:22
Good catch of this beauty Gayle.
Dave Hawkins23-Apr-2009 02:09
I have only had glimpses of this bird, wonderful capture of an elusive bird!
Elaine (etfitz)23-Apr-2009 01:53
Beautiful!
Coleen Perilloux Landry23-Apr-2009 01:44
Congratulations. Kind of like winning the lottery. I like the gleam in the eye.
A J Adams23-Apr-2009 00:38
Real nice capture.
s_barbour23-Apr-2009 00:29
Very lovely capture Gayle!
J. Scott Coile22-Apr-2009 23:34
Super!
Jim Coffman22-Apr-2009 19:27
Very lovely capture!