How a bird ‘no one ever sees’ drove tons to a Long Island golf course

It’s a birdie he won’t ever forget. Bird lovers are flocking to a Long Island golf course to see the biggest star to hit the ...
Parade Pets on MSN

Birders Go 'Cuckoo' Spotting Extremely Rare Bird Only Seen 4 Times in the U.S.

The rare visitor, believed to be a Common Cuckoo normally inhabits parts of Europe and Asia and almost never makes its way ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Rare, Out-of-Place Cuckoo Sends Birders Flocking to Long Island in Hopes of a Once-in-a-Lifetime Sighting

Birds that end up far from home, like the New York common cuckoo, are known as “vagrants.” They’re fairly common during ...
The Suffolk Times

North Fork birders and beyond go ‘cuckoo’ for rare bird in Riverhead

Birders have been flocking to Riverhead since Friday hoping to see the rarest bird spotted in New York in a long time, the common cuckoo.
ABC News

How the Cuckoo Wages an 'Evolutionary Arms Race'

Clever birds figure out how to trick others into raising their kids A common Cuckoo chick in Reed Wablers nest waits to be fed with its mouth wide open, in this undated file photo. Getty Images — ...