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Unusual markings inside baby cuckoos mouth

To: Greg <>, Shirley Cook <>, Jenny Stiles <>, Birding Aus <>
Subject: Unusual markings inside baby cuckoos mouth
From: Denise Goodfellow <>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:57:54 +0930
The nestlings of estrildid finches  have similar mouth markings.  In some
species such a Gouldian Finch they reflect light.

Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
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On 31/10/12 12:29 PM, "Greg and Val Clancy" <> wrote:

> Very funny Shirley,
> 
> OK I should have said "making it easier to place the food into the mouths of
> the nestlings in a dark tree hollow"!!!
> 
> 
> Greg
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shirley Cook
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 1:45 PM
> To: Greg and Val Clancy ; Jenny Stiles ; 
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Unusual markings inside baby cuckoos mouth
> 
> How do the little birds get the food out of the dark tree hollow?
> 
> Regards
> Shirley
> 



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