Black-billed Cuckoo

Laura Titus from naturens
photo's by Nicole Bear
This afternoon two girls brought a bird into the Mariner Cruises office. They found it laying on the grass in a backyard in the village and assumed it was injured. It has no visible injuries but one eye is rather closed. It also seemed VERY tame, perched on the girl's hand or palm and making virtually no attempt to escape. I did get a picture but only on a film camera. Chris Callaghan suggested it may be a red eyed vireo (via a phone conversation). It is now in a box as Chris suggested and I will see if it can fly after a while. It is about the size of a vireo, a taupe/brown colour with a whitish underside and belly, the grayish legs of a vireo, the same bill, but lacks pattern on the head and has no wing bars. The eyes are red and the tail quite long, with a tad bit of white on the end of the tail feathers. Perhaps this bird is a drab variation with poor quality eye border?? Just curious about its identity b/c I am not that great at ID'ing many birds.
Laura T
Brier Island