Fantail Cuckoos at Banyule Flats, Heidelberg

[brian fleming <>]

Along the south arm of the billabong (currently very full) I heard at 
least 2 male Fantail Cuckoos trilling, often both at once. I had a 
fleeting glimpse of one flying towards the Yarra. A third male was also 
calling from a long way downstream.  As I searched the billabong 
surrounds I also heard the fife-like 'whooo' call from a female.
I have often heard FTCs calling in autumn - usually in May. Whether they 
are migrants passing through, or stayers getting ready to impose their 
eggs on winter-breeding Scrub-wrens and Fairy-wrens, I don't know.
Lots of Grey Fantails everywhere; some singing.  Some were very 
dark-coloured.
Anthea Fleming

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