Thanks, Kevin.
It does seem from what people are saying that there are definitely some here in
the winter. I wonder if the same applies to Olive-backed Orioles considering
the one reported on BirdLine Vic. from WTP on Sunday?
Thanks again everyone,
Sonja
On 17/06/2014, at 10:04 PM, Kev Lobotomi <> wrote:
> HI people!
> In my experience Fantailed Cuckoo are definitely migrants with most heading
> north for the winter. In spring & autumn many of them fly into house windows
> etc., as shown by upsurge of museum specimens & visitations to public gardens
> like Alma Park in St.Kilda. A number however also stay & sometimes they can
> be heard in the middle of winter. Much of this I think is due to conditions,
> I've seen them in places with caterpillar infestations & if it is a good year
> for caterpillars many of them stay behind. So partial migrant I suppose would
> be the closest term.-Kevin Bartram
>
> > From:
> > To: ; ;
> > Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:28:38 +0200
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Fan-tailed Cuckoo migration in southern Victoria
> >
> > Pizzey an Knight states that Fan-tailed Cuckoo is part-migratory with an
> > inland autumn migration. I suppose you might describe it as a post-breeding
> > dispersal, with some moving inland and others remaining. In the apps the
> > distribution map colours indicate the movement between summer and winter
> > quite well.
> >
> > Regards
> > Guy Gibbon
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
> > Peter Ewin
> > Sent: 17 June 2014 09:43 AM
> > To: Sonja Ross; Birding Aus
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Fan-tailed Cuckoo migration in southern Victoria
> >
> > I never actually thought that Fan-tailed Cuckoos were migratory (they just
> > went quiet over winter) but as it happened I heard one as I walked home in
> > Albury this afternoon - the first one I have actually heard at my house
> > since moving in December.
> > Cheers,
> > Peter
> >
> > > From:
> > > Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:39:54 +1000
> > > To:
> > > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Fan-tailed Cuckoo migration in southern Victoria
> > >
> > > I took a visiting German out yesterday and think we heard a Fan-tailed
> > Cuckoo calling near Anglesea Heath. I had thought that they would have
> > moved north by now, so wonder if some do stay here, or has the warm start
> > winter delayed its departure? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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