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Cuckoos

Plaintive Cuckoo - Wat Mahathat, TH Around the grounds of Wat Mahathat, the Royal Monastery that dates back to before Bangkok was even a thought, there are large moats with birds, lizards and Lotus plants. This cuckoo and its mate were making the rounds, using the Lotus flowers as perches to hawk insects in the large sections of water. Like other cuckoos, they lay their eggs in other birds nests leaving the raising to unsuspecting parent birds, sometimes half the fledglings size. Michael W Klotz 2023 www.TheBirdBlogger.com
Plaintive Cuckoo - Wat Mahathat, TH
Smooth-billed Ani - Jaguey Grande, CU There are two species of Ani in Central America and the Caribbean with this Smooth-billed version the only one of the two on Cuba. They are very social birds usually seen flying in family groups from one location to the next. They look like they might be related to the Corvid family but they are more closely related to the Cuckoos. The very flexible tail certainly suggests they have one trait in common. Michael W Klotz 2019 - www.TheBirdBlogger.comPicture
Smooth-billed Ani - Jaguey Grande, CU
Great Lizard Cuckoo - Varadero, CU There is something about a bird with a big tail that bounces through the trees. I love cuckoos and this guy was no exception. There was a bit of a call when I first came up on him in the Varahicacos Ecological Reserve. He wanted to get a better look at me getting a better look at him, and all of sudden, he was three maybe four bounces and he disappeared. This species is found only on the islands of Cuba and The Bahamas. Michael W Klotz 2019 - www.TheBirdBlogger.com Picture
Great Lizard Cuckoo - Varadero, CU
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