Re: birding-aus Fantail Cuckoos calling

birding-aus

Re: birding-aus Fantail Cuckoos calling

To:	Brian Fleming <>
Subject:	Re: birding-aus Fantail Cuckoos calling
From:	James Davis <>
Date:	Tue, 13 Apr 1999 07:14:50 +1000 (EST)

On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Brian Fleming wrote:

> Query: I havent heard a cuckoo of any kind since Christmas. Why are they
> calling now?
> (I have often heard them in May and early June).  Are they preparing to
> impose their young on winter/early spring breeding birds, such as Blue
> Wrens etc, or are they migrating birds moving through from, say,
> Tasmania?
>  Any opinions?

Decreasing daylength -- it is not uncommon for birds to start singing in
"autumn" for a number of reason.  Your birds could also be juveniles
practicing, etc.

Cheers, Jim

To unsubscribe from this list, please send a message to

Include ONLY "unsubscribe birding-aus" in the message body (without the
quotes)

[More with this subject...]

<Prev in Thread]	Current Thread	[Next in Thread>
birding-aus Fantail Cuckoos calling, Brian Fleming Re: birding-aus Fantail Cuckoos calling, Glen WHITE Re: birding-aus Fantail Cuckoos calling, James Davis <=

Previous by Date:	Re: birding-aus Postscript: Channel-billed cuckoos flocking, James Davis
Next by Date:	birding-aus Re Inland Trip Report, Jeff Crocombe
Previous by Thread:	Re: birding-aus Fantail Cuckoos calling, Glen WHITE
Next by Thread:	birding-aus You Yangs bird list, Koren Mitchell
Indexes:	[Date] [Thread] [Top] [All Lists]

Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU