guira cuckoo

Another fairly common sight along the byways of Uruguay in February.

Guira guira Guira Cuckoo

Common around our lodges, they always manage to look smart and scruffy at the same time - something I've never mastered!

One last shot of the Guira Cuckoo, showing off his punk mohawk.

Another long day of travel. Just got home. It's midnight. I'll post my Saturday fun shots and go to bed. Tomorrow I'll treat myself to a long session of looking at what the rest of you have posted. Today's Silly Saturday Series is three poses from a Guira Cuckoo. I love how intense he looks in...

Another long day of travel. Just got home. It's midnight. I'll post my Saturday fun shots and go to bed. Tomorrow I'll treat myself to a long session of looking at what the rest of you have posted. Today's Silly Saturday Series is three poses from a Guira Cuckoo. I love how intense he looks in...

Another long day of travel. Just got home. It's midnight. I'll post my Saturday fun shots and go to bed. Tomorrow I'll treat myself to a long session of looking at what the rest of you have posted. Today's Silly Saturday Series is three poses from a Guira Cuckoo. I love how intense he looks in...

Another Guira cuckoo shot. You gotta love that hairdo :D Oh, and I believe the Guira cuckoo isn't a parasitic nester, like most cuckoos. It's more of a wanton nester. Guiras apparently nest in colonies and don't much care which nest is whose, or which partner is whose, or which chick is whose...

although I did also use this shot in a serious publication. I was, until last month, editor of an academic newsletter. My last editorial was about two recent conferences. One point I reported was the latest buzzwords I'd picked up, and the big one now in my field is "entanglement". I...

Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) in the morning sun, Fazenda Sao Francisco, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Next to Costanera del Sur, which was closed, but more to see than when it was open (fewer people around, I guess). Good place, tho ...

Guira Cuckooes (Guira guira) warming up in the early morning, Cayman Ecological Refuge, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Thank you to Rick and Elis Simpson for showing me this and many other birds.

Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) Photographed in Porto Alegre in the State Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Grassland at border of Tropical semidecidous forest at an elevation of ca. 2 m (6.6 ft).

Foto taken in Tibau do sol 40 KM south of Natal, Brazil

This bird was serving as sentinel while the clan foraged on the ground, in an overgrown pasture near a rustic landstrip for small planes.

Another one from the Brazilian Amazon... 1/1250s f 8.0 iso 800 handheld Thanks for looking :) Regards, Ron van Rossum

Another one from the Brazilian Amazon :):) Thanks for looking, Regards, Ron

Another one from my beloved Amazon These three were taking a siesta on the hottest moment of the day... Took this shot from a hammock...;) Thanks for looking... Regards, Ron van Rossum

A scruffy looking bird it has a rufous crest and orange-yellow bill and eye