Hello Graham,
My experience down the decades here in Hawthorne (Brisbane), has been that
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes fold their wings alternately almost every time
they alight after flying. And I've often wondered whether an individual
always folds the same wing first. And whether they show "handedness" - do
some individuals always fold the right wing before the left, and others the
reverse?
So, would you pease confirm, that with the birds you watched, it was always
the right wing first.
BTW, I have a Poinciana tree just outside my study window, and periodically
have the pleasure of a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike visit. There is some
Lepidopterous insect whose caterpillars feed on the Poinciana leaves. Not
very large, and the exact same shade of green as the leaves. Fascinating to
watch the perched C-shrike peer all around, and then fly to pick off a
caterpillar metres away from where it was perched. Remarkable eyesight!
Cheers
Syd
> From: "Graham Goodman" <>
> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 21:27:49 +0930
> To: <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Black-faced cuckoo shrike
>
> Hi
>
> Last week (30 October) Shirley and I saw four black-faced cuckoo shrikes in
> a tree near our home in Alice Springs. The birds were excited, making
> plenty of noise and moving about. They all appeared to be engaged in some
> kind of display behaviour which involved extending their necks and making a
> moderately harsh cawing noise. The striking feature of the behaviour that
> all four birds showed was the flapping of alternate wings about four times
> each, which we saw repeated a number of times. Each wing was flapped up and
> down on its own, first the right, then the left, about four times for each
> wing.
>
> I would be interested to hear if others have seen such behaviour and if
> anyone has any interpretation.
>
> Regards
>
> Graham Goodman
>
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