Cuckoo eggs

Hearing the seemingly endless calls of channel-billed cuckoos, koels and brush cuckoos around here, and watching crows chasing channel-billed c’s, and magpielarks chasing koels, the thought occurred: what happens when a cuckoo is ready to play an egg and can’t find an available, unprotected nest? They must reach a point where they simply can’t wait any longer. Just drop them under a bush and hope for better luck next time?

Cheers

Ronda

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> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 00:56:23 +1000
> From: Judith L-A < jlukin01@gmail.com>
> To: Philip Veerman < pveerman@pcug.org.au>
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] mimicry?
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> Thanks, Philip, I reckon I can add this to my house list in good conscience now! Still amazed.
> Cheers
> Judith
> SEQ 500m
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>> On 20 Jan. 2018, at 9:37 am, Philip Veerman < pveerman@pcug.org.au> wrote:
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>> I don’t know about Catbird dispersal but I would suggest 20 km is not a lot
>> for dispersal. Also in general, if you hear sounds of just one species and a
>> range of these, it is not usually likely to be mimicry, it is more likely to
>> be the real thing, unless there is some reason why not. Most mimics copy a
>> range of sounds, and usually in subsong, so not very loud. So the calls they
>> reproduce are generally not one species, but a range of species sounds.
>> There are some specialist mimics, such as Lyrebird & Regent Honeyeater that
>> do very specific behaviour. As for what other bird/s might reproduce a range
>> of Catbird vocalisations? The question is not about the Catbird, The
>> question would be what species known as mimics do you have in your area,
>> that may also visit forest. All sorts, Satin Bowerbird is an obvious option,
>> O-b Oriole, Magpie……. I once had a Wedge-tailed Eagle (and other things)
>> calling from the tree in my yard. It wasn’t, it was an Oriole.
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>> Philip
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> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 07:10:09 +0000
> From: Peter Shute < pshute@nuw.org.au>
> To: Judith L-A < jlukin01@gmail.com>
> Cc: “birding-aus@birding-aus.org” < birding-aus@birding-aus.org>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] feather pic ATT
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> The photo didn’t come through, this screenshot from the moderation queue is the best I can do at the moment.
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> Judith, did you create your email on a Mac?
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> Peter Shute
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> On 21 Jan 2018, at 5:26 pm, Judith L-A < jlukin01@gmail.comjlukin01@gmail.com>> wrote:
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> Whose feather is this, do you think? Note that it was found on a vehicle track enmeshed in bark & sticks, so was perhaps carried into the habitat-patch by a child – at 500m SEQ open montane heathy woodland, few birds ever present…
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> Judith
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