Great Lizard Cuckoo Sighting

On Jamie's last full day on Eleuthera, he saw a white cheeked pintail and a pair of great lizard cuckoos here at Calypso. They were within a few feet of us, and as usual quite tame. The GLC gave us a very nice specimen of his almost human call. And at one point he caught and ate...  a lizard. Jamie agrees with me that this is a really unusual, fascinating bird. Then after this early morning success, he went up to Surfer's Beach (the wind has shifted offshore) and caught some nice, though rather small waves.

Here is his list for today. Note that "south pond refers to Calypso Pond (i.e. the pond south of our causeway) and north pond to the larger pond north of the causeway (not fully visible from Calypso).  Overall in 7 days he saw 61 different species, 15 of them new!

Comments:     Around calypso
23 species

Blue-winged Teal  50     mostly south pond.
White-cheeked Pintail  3
Lesser Scaup  3
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Little Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  1
White Ibis  1     This bird has been associating with glossy ibis for past week on south pond.
Glossy Ibis  1
American Coot  65     Mostly north pond
White-crowned Pigeon  3
Common Ground-Dove  1
Great Lizard-Cuckoo  2
Smooth-billed Ani  5
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  1
Louisiana Waterthrush  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  1
Palm Warbler  4
Prairie Warbler  1
Bananaquit  1
Greater Antillean Bullfinch  1
Indigo Bunting  3

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13180559