New Bird in Town!

Ok friends, I've been so good and I haven't put up any bird posts for weeks. But today I am very excited because I finally identified a new bird I've been seeing around town lately. It's big but it's always so quick and/or far away.  But today Alexandre and I went out to run errands, and I saw 3 on a telephone wire in a field down the street from where we had parked. I made him walk all the way down there with me to stomp through the field a bit and check them out close-up. (I guess I didn't "make" him. He could've just waited at the car. But what can I say? My enthusiasm is contagious!)

It was a guira cuckoo, or anu-branco in Portuguese! Look at its big tail and its little mohawk!

I didn't take this picture. I found it here. But I'll get my own soon!

I'm extra glad it was this one because (a) it's one of the last birds I have to identify in my little bird book (time for a better one...) and (b) every time I see it in the bird book, I think of this Joanna Newsom song, because it's called a cuckoo.

It's exciting. I think they must migrate here once the dry season passes. I just love living where the birds come for the winter. :)