I went out to Uriarra this morning at 5.30am for an hour and a half but,
unfortunately, no sign of your cuckoo. Both Horsfield's and Shining were in
the area, though. I would be interested to see your photos, Chip, if you'd
like to send them to me?
Regards
Frank Antram
-----Original message-----
From: Chip
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:06:41 +1000
To:
Subject: black-eared cuckoo at uriarra picnic area
> I would like to report what I believe to have been a Black-eared cuckoo
> at the Uriarra picnic area today. The details are below. Although I
> didn't have my camera, as I was watching the bird a visiting Japanese
> professor walked by. I asked if he had a camera with a zoom lens and he
> did. Unfortunately, the two images he sent only show the body and
> undertail feathers. There is no face. They may still be useful but are
> rather large images so I won't attach them now.
>
> Oh, other birds of note were Brown falcon, Gray currawong, Satin
> flycatcher (singing).
>
> Here are the details.
>
> Date: October 9, 2007
> Time: 12:30 13:15 pm
> Location: Uriarra picnic area parking lot, near the bathrooms, in the
> causarinas (sp?) between the parking lot and the river.
> Lighting: Sun with partial cloud
> Weather: 20 C, Fine with negligible wind
>
> Closest viewing distance: 4 meters at 30 deg gaze angle
> Average viewing distance: 6 meters at 60 deg gaze angle
> Optics: B&L 7X36 Elites
>
> Details
>
> Size: The size of a bronze cuckoo. Comparison species was YFHE in same
> tree. This bird was larger and seemed proportionately more chunky.
> Tail: About the length of the body.
> Primary projection: Considerably shorter than tail.
> Bill: black, slightly decurved and slender. In fact, almost delicate and
> not at all conical.
> Upper parts: Gray, including crown. Some downy feathers on scapulars.
> Lower parts: White. No steaking or barring on breast, belly or flanks.
> Face: Black eye stripe extending from base of bill to auricular area and
> slightly decurved. Rather dirty border with a white supercilium that was
> of equal width.
> Undertail feathers: Edged white with white barring on gray ground.
> Underwing pattern: Not observed.
>
> Why not either likely cuckoo-shrike? Size, white supercilium, thin bill,
> lack of barring on breast and barring on undertail feathers.
>
> Chip Scialfa
> Calgary and Canberra
>
>
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