It's all about the birds
I would like to suggest what is probably happening. Firstly it would be very strange and hard to imagine how it can ever happen that two juvenile Pallid Cuckoos are being fed by the same individual foster parents. The cuckoo chicks could be siblings (same actual parents – or not) but raised in separate foster … Read more
———- Forwarded message ———From: Gary Wright <gary.wright.email@gmail.com>Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 09:34Subject: update pallid cuckoosTo: <birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org> both fledgings are spending time within 10 metres of each other. There appear to be 3-4 spiny cheeks in attendance. Not possible to tell if they are feeding both birds or just their 'own'. One bird appears younger … Read more
On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 08:27, Gary Wright <gary.wright.email@gmail.com> wrote: A few days ago a pallid cuckoo fledging announced itself in our yard by its constant calling. Upon locating it we found a pair of spiny cheeked honeyeaters feeding it. We didn't hear it yesterday and wondered where it had got to. When I … Read more