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Cuckoo question

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Subject: Cuckoo question
From: Julian Robinson <>
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:11:05 +1000
I saw today (Barron Woodland) an adult Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo consorting with what appeared to be a juvenile. To me this is surprising so I wanted to ask the old hands (and owners of HANZAB) if this is normal and how the cuckoo life-cycle proceeds. I thought a cuckoo laid her egg and then departed to fun and freedom, leaving it up to the hosts to do the nurturing. If so, how/why does an adult cuckoo end up travelling around with a young bird? Do they actually hang around and wait for their offspring to fledge and then join up again? Or...?

Julian





 

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