Occurrence in Amherst & Connecticut Valley, Mass.
C19

Uncommon summer resident

May - September

C20

Uncommon to rare summer resident

June - October

C21

Widespread and uncommon migrant and summer resident, arrives May, departs late July–mid-September. —Mass Audubon

May - September

Habitat
moist thickets, willows, overgrown pastures, orchards
Nest Materials
twigs, leaves, grasses, oak and willow catkins
19th-20th Century Field Notes
YELLOW - BILLED CUCKOO . Above , rich iridescent olive - brown ; beneath , white ; tail , broadly tipped with white ; no colored ring around the eye ; bill black and yellow . Length , 12 inches . Uncommon summer resident . Arrives late in May , and departs in August or September . Raises 1 , and possibly 2 broods , as I found a nest with 2 fresh eggs , July 2 , 1884 . Eggs 2 - 4 , pale blue . Nest of a few twigs , leaves , and grasses , with the flowers of the oak and wil low , in trees , usually apple . Eggs laid in May or June . Note , similar to that of a tree - toad . Feeds on insects , berries , etc . Beneficial .

—H.L. Clark, 1887

21st Century Conservation Notes

Least concern*