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Geoff's message and photo shows it to be an immature. My comment on
that is that it is the adult cuckoos that are noisy as they arrive at their
breeding grounds and that young cuckoos, once they are separated from their
foster parent don't need to call much. Indeed given that most birds don't like
cuckoos, it is best for them to be as inconspicuous as possible.
Philip
Remarkable Geoffrey, one of the few records I’,m aware of where it was not
rushing through calling or heard in the distance.
You imply it was rather silent, given that it was feeding and reluctant to
move, are we overlooking this species?
Jack Holland
From: Sent: Friday, January
21, 2011 11:58 AM
To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] Channel-bill, Campbell
Park
At 0800 flew over the car-park with an escort of N
Miners. Following the protest calls I located it in the top of a
leafy euc. After a few minutes it flew off, with attendants, but circled
as if reluctant to move anywhere in particular. From the buff tipping and
lack of eye/eye-patch colour I take this to be an immature bird. Looks
like someone’s prunus had a larger-than-usual visitor this morning.
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