Need Help from Bird Wizards

The bird and I are from Northern Alabama

ID is confirmed to be "Yellow-Billed Cuckoo"

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Ive never IDed an American bird in my life but something is telling me this is a Yellow billed Cuckoo.

(prepares to be shot to pieces )

Very very nice photos btw

Definitely the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. They are such striking birds, and it's rare (at least for me) to see them in a part of the trees so as to be photographed.

peat wrote in post #3247966
Ive never IDed an American bird in my life but something is telling me this is a Yellow billed Cuckoo.

(prepares to be shot to pieces )

Very very nice photos btw

Dam Peat

I thought you were pulling my leg but damn if it don't look like one.

Thanks

exerda wrote in post #3247989
Definitely the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. They are such striking birds, and it's rare (at least for me) to see them in a part of the trees so as to be photographed.

Thanks for the confirmation, I tried to look up this bird but had no luck. Once I got the name Yep, there it was!!!

Great shots Gary. Never seen this guy before, how big is he?

canonloader wrote in post #3248080
Great shots Gary. Never seen this guy before, how big is he?

Looks to be 10" to 12" long and slender with a strange call. Quite large in comparison to even a American Robin.

Nicely posed and very well captured shots Gary. Looks like a Yellow-billed Cuckoo as well. Here's an ID link. http://www.birds.corne​ll.edu …Yellow-billed_Cuckoo.html

Reyno wrote in post #3248231
Nicely posed and very well captured shots Gary. Looks like a Yellow-billed Cuckoo as well. Here's an ID link. http://www.birds.corne​ll.edu …Yellow-billed_Cuckoo.html

Yep, I've been there I have to say when I first heard it ID I thought they were pulling my leg but sure enough I got one.

This bird is fairly rare around here. Good catch!

morehtml wrote in post #3248495
This bird is fairly rare around here. Good catch!

Thanks Allen

It is the first one I've seen and I was happy to get a few shots.

Lovely shots Gary.

Adi7r wrote in post #3248782
Lovely shots Gary.

Thanks Adi

I could not believe the tail feathers of this bird, with three white feathers.

hTr wrote in post #3248803
Thanks Adi

I could not believe the tail feathers of this bird, with three white feathers.

The white spots on the tail are the giveaway when you see the cuckoo from a distance. I don't think there are any other birds with quite that pattern.

exerda wrote in post #3248870
The white spots on the tail are the giveaway when you see the cuckoo from a distance. I don't think there are any other birds with quite that pattern.

You only see them from the bottom the top looks all brown