The Black-billed Cuckoo is a low profile and rare spring and fall migrant throughout the state.  This particular bird was found near the parking of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park on 30 September 2003 by Pierre Howard and Chuck Saleeby.  Pierre noted that he patiently waited for 30 minutes until this bird came into camera range.

Note the color of the lower mandible of this bird (almost entirely gray, not black), a variable characteristic of many individuals of this species that is often not mentioned in field guides.

Remarkably, this bird stayed around the same area for most of the day for other birders in the area to observe.

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