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Hi Birders,
This is my first report, so please be
kind.
I've heard Channel-billed Cuckoos once in the past
couple of days, but today, while working in the back yard, I noticed a commotion
in the large Gums in the park behind my house, and at the centre of the
commotion were a pair of Channel-bills, being mobbed by the local Magpies and
Noisy Miners, the latter two species being very vocal indeed, but the Cuckoos
were silent.
This went on for about five minutes, until
finally the Cuckoos were driven away, flying over my yard, not uttering a single
sound.
They are certainly magnificent in flight at low
altitude.
Cheers,
Andrew Hall.
Springwood,
Blue Mountains,
NSW
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