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Apropos of Merrilyn's reply to Lawrie's message
about Fan-tailed Cuckoos, which was sent before I rejoined the list last night,
I was surprised by the overall lack of cuckoos on our trip through Qld and NE
NSW during September/ early October. We heard Fan-tailed Cuckoos more
often than any other species, and had a couple of records each of Shining
Bronze, Horsfield's Bronze and Brush, with single records of Little Bronze and
Channel-billed (both new ticks for me). We did not hear or see a pallid
Cuckoo in the whole five weeks, nor did we get Black-eared or a Koel. I
would have expected to have picked up more records over the period than
that. So maybe the Pallids all moved south early, and the Fan-tails are
dallying up north for some reason.
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