Here in the Blue Mountains, Shining Bronze-Cuckoos occasionally
overwinter, but this year I saw my first for the season on 2nd August
at Weir Reserve, Penrith. One member of the group I was leading
photographed this stunning bird getting a caterpillar from the bark
of a tree, which I have put on my website at
http://www.bmbirding.com.au/news.html. The same day we saw numerous
Olive-backed Orioles.
Regarding Belinda's comment: "I have a feeling the local rufous
whistler will have an impostor in his nest." The Shining Bronze
nearly always parasitises domed nests such as thornbills and
fairy-wrens so I suspect your Rufous Whistler will be safe, at least
from this species. Does anyone have records of them parasitising
cup-shaped nests?
Cheers,
Carol
Carol Probets
Blue Mountains NSW
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