G'Day Ian
No contest,7 cuckoos in 2 hours, on a paid for trip. And 7
kingfishers, on aforesaid commercial trip. Not as frequently as I would
like, but the cuckoos twice and the kingfishers more than five times. With
an aeroplane I believe I can get all ten kingfishers within a few hours, the
cost of the tour might blow out a little. It just goes to show the sort of
area we live in and the birdwatchers of the world are not as fortunate to
live in. You could almost make a living from it. Currently we have eight
Kingfishers in the valley with Buff-breasted Paradise-kingfishers adults in
the starting blocks ready for their departure and some scruffy looking
juveniles fuelling their tanks ready to follow. It is great to be back at work.
cheers
Chris
>How about six species of cuckoo in one day on a
>1.25 acre block?
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>Saturday 9th Jan 1993.
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>1. Channel-billed Cuckoo, three flew over the house calling.
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>2. Common Koel, calling and being chased around the yard
> by Blue-faced Honeyeater.
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>3. Pallid Cuckoo, calling from mango tree.
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>4. Brush Cuckoo, calling from rainforest patch.
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>5. Pheasant Coucal, calling from a tree at the back of
> block.
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>6. Horsefield's Bronze-Cuckoo, calling from top of tall gum tree.
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>All birds seen after first hearing them call.
>
>Now wouldn't that drive you Cuckoo!
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>
>Ian Clayton
>Townsville
>North Qld.
>Phone 07 4789 1306
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