Unidentified bird call

[Tom Tarrant <>]

Hi Ralph,

Sounds a bit like a Bar-shouldered Dove (or Spotted Dove?)
A couple of years back we had a Swedish birder staying in our caravan, 
when he got up he told us that early in the morning he heard what he 
assumed to be a Eurasian Cuckoo calling, which caused him some 
confusion.....turned out to be a Bar-shouldered Dove,
Tom Tarrant


Reid wrote:

> This a really a very silly query, but it has been bugging me for ages.
>
> Until about 6 years ago we lived in North Ryde, about 15 km due west of
> Sydney CBD.  I often heard, from my back yard, the call of what I thought
> was
> a dove of some type, but at that time I was busy with other things, not
> 'into' birds, and really did not pay much attention.
>
> Now here is the silly bit.  There is an old-ish (say, 1920's to 1930's) song
> called
> 'The Cuckoo Waltz', the lyric of which goes "I'm cuckoo, and you're cuckoo,
> so let's take a chance and do a new dance... " etc.  The tune was used as
> the theme for the Laurel and Hardy television series that showed their old
> movies.  Now the first three notes of that tune were EXACTLY the call of
> this bird that I cannot now identify - Coo cuck oo.  Does anyone know what
> bird that would be?
>
> As I say - a silly question.  Any takers to ease my worried mind?
>
> Regards
>
> Ralph Reid
>
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