We found this little bird looking rather stunned beneath the rumpus room window. I was a bit baffled as to what type it was at first - it looked like a mistle thrush but had a finer head and bright green feathers. Luckily it had disappeared by nightfall - it must have recovered and flown off.
Eventually it dawned on me that it was a shining cuckoo - not all that rare but rarely seen. I'm fairly certain that I've spotted it since in the magnolia tree at the front of the house. We've had other birds nest in that tree in the past so maybe the cuckoo has found a new host for its eggs.
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