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The following may only appeal to Sydney
Birdo's.
With regards to the Little Bronze-cuckoo seen
yesterday at Mitchell Park at Cattai in Sydney's North West (and as reported by
Birdline NSW as at 14/11/00), would this be the 2nd record for them in
Sydney? Another was seen by someone a few years ago also in the Hawkesbury (I
think it was also in Cattai area) so this would not be the first for
Sydney.
The call of this cuckoo is quite distinctive
compared to the other cuckoo's - a quail like "fee..fee..fee..fee" and is
similar (if not the same as) to the Gould's Bronze-cuckoo. These
cuckoo's appear to be hard to come by in NSW judging by the no. of
reports (though appear to be regular on the north NSW coast)
and possibly extending their range south. It would be nice to see if a pair
is about as there is plenty of White-throated Gerygones about in the area to
parasitise which are a main host species.
Alot of interesting birds seem to be now out and
about!
Edwin
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