Fight Sequence of Channel-billed Cuckoos

Good Evening All

Last Saturday Tom Tarrant showed me around his local patch in the Samford Valley area and we noticed a commotion going on in a gumtree away from the road, at first we saw a full adult Channel-billed Cuckoo hanging vertically off the bill of another one and then they tumbled to the ground and squared off to one another before locking their bills and wrestling till one had had enough and flew off, it was a truly amazing event and Tom and I were left stunned by what we had witnessed. I have put together 5 shots that I took from about 30 of the fight but I did not get any shots of them in the tree only on the ground http://barraimaging.com.au/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=lastup

On another note I also attended the Birdfair at Yanco in NSW and was surprised at the lack of people who attended as the quality of the speakers and the talks given were excellent, as well as the bird tours on offer. Personally I would like to see more people supporting this annual event as the organisers whom are all volunteers do a fantastic job.

Kindest Regards

Geoff Jones

Barraimaging

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