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Re: Yellow-billed cuckoos and the cicada feast - Muskingum
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inga schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
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inga schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 3 Jun 2016 17:02:39 -0400
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I was hoping to have cicadas emerge here at my home in Geauga Co., so
I could enjoy seeing the cuckoos come to feast.  So far, no cicadas.

I just wanted to mention another feasting that I observed here.  A couple of 
years ago I had an amazing number of toads emerge from the pond and congregate
in the driveway.  They were the size of lady bugs.  Just tiny.  A yellow billed
cuckoo showed up on the edge of the driveway and was helping itself to the
tiny toads.

Inga Schmidt
Chagrin River Road, Geauga Co at the Cuy. Co. line
On Jun 3, 2016, at 4:27 PM, Robert Evans <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Last night at dusk, as the din died down from the periodic cicada
> emergence, you could still hear the cuckoos discussing their feast here on
> Flint Ridge in western Muskingum Co. It is difficult, but possible, to hear
> the cuckoos through the din in the middle of the day. I usually encounter
> or perceive these mostly hidden birds only a few times during a season. But
> their calls have been a regular feature since the cicadas emerged in
> numbers last Saturday. It's a little surprising (and interesting) how many
> cuckoos there are, judging by the voices.
> 
> Bob Evans
> Geologist, etc.
> Hopewell Township, Muskingum County
> 
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