Fantail Cuckoos were very obvious at Rotamah Island (Gippsland Lakes, Vic)
over the Easter weekend. We heard a number calling and several were seen.
I too was suprised as I had seen or heard very few FC's (and Pallids)
around their usual spots over the summer months.
As to why they are calling now???
Glen White
Melbourne
On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Brian Fleming wrote:
> On Sunday 11th April, 9.30 to 11.30 am, I made my first visit to Morwell
> National Park. Gippsland, Vic.
> Fantail Cuckoos were calling repeatedly from various directions as I
> walked along the track between the Carpark and Lindley's Clearing. I
> heard both the descending trill and the fife-like whistle - I have been
> told that the latter is the female's call. The undergrowth was fairly
> dense and I was unable to see the birds but I heard them at at least
> three locations, possibly four.
>
> This morning (Mon 12th April) between 10.30 and 11.00 am Fantail Cuckoos
> were calling at Wilson Reserve, Ivanhoe - some were definitely calling
> from the other side of the Yarra from the grounds of the Greenacres Golf
> Club. One pair (both calls) was on the Ivanhoe side near the Scout Den
> but despite prowling through undergrowth, falling over logs hidden by
> Tradescantia, and getting twigs in hair I couldn't find them. I had a
> glimpse of something which flew like a cuckoo flying across the river
> pursued by a Red Wattlebird.
>
> Query: I havent heard a cuckoo of any kind since Christmas. Why are they
> calling now?
> (I have often heard them in May and early June). Are they preparing to
> impose their young on winter/early spring breeding birds, such as Blue
> Wrens etc, or are they migrating birds moving through from, say,
> Tasmania?
> Any opinions?
> Anthea Fleming in Ivanhoe, Melbourne
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