Frank O'Connor wrote:
Is the Fan-tailed Cuckoo a bird of spring in the east? In the west we
start to hear them in winter (June and sometimes as early as May) in
suitable habitat, so I think of them more as a bird of winter in SW
WA, although they continue to call through to about October. I have
always wondered where they go in the summer and early autumn. You can
often find one on the far south coast in this period, but in July to
September they are fairly common through the south west.
I think your observations for the SW are reasonably applicable in the SE
as well. I heard a Fan-tailed Cuckoo the other day near here, and I
seem to think of August as being the month they start to get
particularly vocal again - though the odd one calls at any point during
winter. I'm sure quite a few overwinter - but remain rather elusive.
Pallid Cuckoos will be coming back soon though - a sign of late winter
rather than spring!
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