Hi Shane,
It's not common, but I have observed the same in a rainforest in N.Qld with
about 4 Gould's Bronze-cuckoos, also in the tree tops with fanning tails,
short flights and constant calling. It lasted about 12 minutes, and then
they moved on.
Happy Birding, Klaus
At 10:35 AM 10/13/97 +0800, you wrote:
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>On a short bush walk along the Bibulmum track between Brookton and Armadale
>Highways (South of Perth) on the weekend I saw several (3-5) shining bronze
>cuckoos making considerable noise amongst the tree-tops. Is this unusual
>for the species? In my experience other cuckoos such as the Horsefield
>tend to be more secretive and solitary.
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