Yesterday a bird perched in our tree for a long time. We live in southwestern Ohio but I have never seen this species before. It appeared to me a passerine. Slightly larger than a mockingbird. Light grey head, wings and tail. Faint roufous patch on wings (?secondaries) and darker grey, almost black at the tips of the primaries. The bill was about three-fourths of an inch perhaps longer, yellow underneath with a black stripe on top. It was slightly downward curved. The breast, belly and sides were snow white. The tail was similar to that of a mocking bird, also grey, but with white patches along the distal outer tail feathers. The legs were pale grey.
Any ideas?
2007-06-02 14:56:09 · 3 answers · asked by greydoc6 7 in Pets ➔ Birds
Sounds like a yellow-billed Cuckoo bird. They live throghout the US, though in wooded areas away from people. Must be a female or an odd color phase, because they are usually brown where you described grey parts.
2007-06-02 15:23:16 · answer #1 · answered by Brittany V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try doing a search using the color of the bird. Don't look for website, search under images and go from there.
2007-06-02 14:59:05 · answer #2 · answered by S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?source=&parkid=&searchText=&allSpecies=&shapeID=961&lshapeID=0&curAbbr=&lastView=default&lastGroup=1&lastRegion=2207&lastFilter=4&lastShapeName=&trackType=&curRegionID=2205&size=&habitat=&fruit=&color=&sortBy=family&curFamilyID=®ionSelect=Great+Lakes®ionZIP=&curGroupID=1&lgfromWhere=&curPageNum=1
Was this the bird?
2007-06-02 15:56:56 · answer #3 · answered by margecutter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋