This morning along the Sanctuary boarkwalk at Tidbinbilla I and a number
of other people watched Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo behaviour that I
hadn't seen before, and which doesn't seem to have been widely reported.
From a distance it sounded like a flock of them, which made me wonder if
I was totally misidentifying the calls. There were 3 birds, moving
slowly through the trees, but in the process constantly chasing each
other, calling constantly and continually stopping to display with
spread wings and a quivering posture; this was usually done on an open
branch, sometimes very close to one of the others. We watched for most
of half an hour, and in the end left them to it.
cheers
Ian
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Ian Fraser,
Environment Tours; Vertego Environmental Consultancy
PO Box 4148, Weston Creek, ACT 2611
ph: 61 2 6287 4813
Blog: http://ianfrasertalkingnaturally.blogspot.com.au
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