yellow-billed cukcoo (Coccyrus americanus)
Alongt the Des Moines River, western bank, south of Saylorville Dam, Saylorville, Iowa.
According to Merlin Bird ID, yellow-billed cuckoos are stealthy and shy and tend to live mainly in dense forests and riparian areas, which perfectly describes the area where this bird was spotted. It was not, however, sitting motionless. It flew onto this branch and moved around for a few minutes and then disappeared deeper into the woods.
yellow-billed cukcoo (Coccyrus americanus)
Alongt the Des Moines River, western bank, south of Saylorville Dam, Saylorville, Iowa.
According to Merlin Bird ID, yellow-billed cuckoos are stealthy and shy and tend to live mainly in dense forests and riparian areas, which perfectly describes the area where this bird was spotted. It was not, however, sitting motionless. It flew onto this branch and moved around for a few minutes and then disappeared deeper into the woods.