cuckoo

In Costa Rica, a rufous-vented ground cuckoo snatches a cicada fleeing an army ant swarm.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

"Switzerland has nurtured many unexpected good things -- Albert Einstein's physics, the world economy, and the cuckoo clock leap to mind -- and is again helping the world appreciate improbable people and ideas."

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

‘Periodically, I’ve had chats with neighbors about the heat. Most of the talks have been thoughtful, but some have veered into cuckoo territory,’ writes an L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

The cuckoo is a parasitic bird that deposits its eggs in the nests of other birds, who then raise its hatchlings with their own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

At the center, where a cuckoo bird would live in a more traditional timepiece, is the juggler.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Among the more poignant moments, Charles laments the loss of wildlife at Highgrove, noting when he first moved in there nearly five decades ago he would hear cuckoos and see grasshoppers.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

These efforts have helped protect a refuge for birds including willow flycatchers and yellow-billed cuckoos.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2024

There are two variants of female cuckoos: a gray morph that looks like a sparrowhawk, and a rufous morph.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024

Pigeons, meanwhile, which were originally thought to be cousins with flamingos, belong to an entirely different branch and actually bear a much stronger genetic resemblance to cuckoos.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 31, 2024

That meant Lady Constance had eight full cuckoos to build up a head of steam.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

When the BBC visited the London properties with the Met police, officers said squalid conditions were the norm when it comes to cuckooed premises.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

She said she was cuckooed for months, and became "a prisoner in my own home".

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

During the week of action, 904 of these "cuckooed" homes were visited by law enforcement, and 1,138 vulnerable people were safeguarded, including 573 children.

From BBC ● May 26, 2021

When William Butler Yeats paid his first visit to that high priestess of occultism, Madame Blavatsky, the lady's pet cuckoo came out of a broken Swiss clock and cuckooed at him.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was certainly stopped, for the weights were off and lying upon the ground, and yet, as I stood there the cuckoo came out and cuckooed at me.

From The Trembling of the Veil by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)

Ahead of the implementation of the law change, the BBC accompanied London's Metropolitan Police as officers visited suspected cuckooing properties and witnessed shocking signs of squalor.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

Sgt Elise Wilson, who works closely with organisations like Positive Steps, said it was just one way cuckooing can be uncovered.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024

It had 52 cuckooing referrals last year, compared to 29 in the previous 12 months.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024

She said cuckooing got its name from the bird, which is known for taking over the nests of other birds.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024

Miss Poppy eyed him as if he were a cuckoo-clock, and she had to wait till he'd finished cuckooing.

From The Lost Girl by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)