Pallid Cuckoo DY & OB Oriole at Wamboin

[martin butterfield <>]

Still a very interesting record.  The GBS database contains a few recent records of Display behaviour from 'a site in Carwoola' for weeks 35 to 37 (ie exactly the current time)!  I can recall that in a couple of cases this involved the male capturing Apina collina caterpillars and feeding them to the female and note that we spotted a major emergence of these caterpillars last week.

I have yet to record a Pallid Cuckoo here this season.

Martin

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 11:13 AM, David McDonald <> wrote:

 Many thanks to Philip and Michael for thoughtful comments. I have now reviewed descriptions of the juvenile and immature  plumages of this sp and, altho I did not have binoculars with me when I saw these birds, and the light was poor, I now believe that it was a case of an adult male feeding an adult female, i.e. courtship behaviour. In other words, I was probably wrong in identifying it as a dependent young.

Recent COG Annual Bird Reports have a few January/February records of dependent young, but none earlier.

A useful learning experience for me - David

On 2/09/2010 9:25 PM, Michael and Janette Lenz wrote:

Other points to consider re the possible Pallid Cuckoo DY:

HANZAB  indicates that courtship feeding of the females by males is common in spring;. and the female can take on postures and calls similar to a begging dy as the male brings food.

In eastern Australia laying from Aug - Mar,  and June, but mainly Aug - Jan, with the peak Oct - Nov.

Michael  Lenz




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 This morning, at Wamboin, two adult Pallid Cuckoos feeding a begging dependent young, plus our first OB Oriole for the season. It must be Spring!
David

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