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It is not every day that a Yellow-billed Cuckoo decides to cooperate and sit out in the open for pictures.  In fact, the vast majority of birding days go by without Coccyzus americanus making any kind of appearance at all.  So you can imagine my pleasure, then, when I spotted one skulking in some thick brush [...]

(This joke has apparently been making the rounds for years, but just came my way. I hope it goes without saying that we don’t wish to offend anyone. But I wonder how many readers would have answered this question correctly…) Mick, from Dublin, appeared on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and towards the end of [...]