Why don't cuckoos...

[calyptorhynchus <>]

Too dangerous, they'd get their heads bitten off!

On Fri, 28 Dec 2018 at 12:23, Con Boekel <> wrote:

Geoffrey's musings reminded me of a stray thought occasioned by the
larger than usual numbers of Koels lurking visually but not vocally in
Upper Turner this year.

One sighting involved several Koels and a Collared Sparrowhawk in the
same tree at the same time.

Here is my question: 'Why don't cuckoos parasitize raptores?'

regards

Con


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