Klaus, et al....
In New Caledonia on Mt Koghis on Friday last anout six SBC,s were
interacting in this way. Playing back their calling induced them to go even
pottier with much wing raising and flapping a la sitella sp. Again this
lasted for about 10 - 15 minutes....
Best
Alan
At 15:30 13/10/97 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi Shane,
>It's not common, but I have observed the same in a rainforest in N.Qld with
>about 4 Gould's Bronze-cuckoos, also in the tree tops with fanning tails,
>short flights and constant calling. It lasted about 12 minutes, and then
>they moved on.
>Happy Birding, Klaus
>
>At 10:35 AM 10/13/97 +0800, you wrote:
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>>On a short bush walk along the Bibulmum track between Brookton and Armadale
>>Highways (South of Perth) on the weekend I saw several (3-5) shining bronze
>>cuckoos making considerable noise amongst the tree-tops. Is this unusual
>>for the species? In my experience other cuckoos such as the Horsefield
>>tend to be more secretive and solitary.
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>>Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
>>Murdoch University phone: +61 8 9360 2418
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