I would echo Tom's observation. In the ACT a few years ago an area of
casuarinas near the Murrumbidgee was infested with caterpillars in
late summer and 5-6 Horsefiled Bronze-cuckoos and one Black-eared
Cuckoo were feeding within a small area one afternoon.
John Leonard
2009/4/26 Tom Tarrant <>:
> Hi Barry,
>
> Could possibly have something to do with a food-surplus, several years back
> Gavin Goodyear found over 6 cuckoo species in a small park south of Dayboro,
> SE Qld, they appeared to be gorging on hairy caterpillars which were
> stripping the foliage of a White Cedar.
> I managed to 'digiscope' images of Oriental, Brush, Fan-tailed and
> Shining-Bronze far better than I have ever before or since, simply because
> they seemed to be too full to bother flying a long-distance. If you
> encounter them again check to see if any of the trees are 'suffering' a
> similar fate.
>
> Tom
>
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Barry Davies
> <>wrote:
>
>> At Binna Burra Lodge in Lamington NP (SEQ) yesterday I experienced
>> something quite unexpected, flocks of Cuckoos.
>
>
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