Little Bronze-Cuckoo display and unusual call

On Thursday January 8 Russell Jago and I were carrying out a Coastal Emu survey in the Brooms Head and Sandon area, NSW north coast. While observing an adult male Coastal Emu with 8 black-headed juveniles foraging actively in a paddock along the Brooms Head Road at Taloumbi we heard two Little Bronze-Cuckoos in a nearby paperbark. When I located the Cuckoos I could see that they were both adult males. One was displaying to the other by spreading its wings and one was calling with a harsh call that I had not heard before. It was neither of the calls described for the species in HANZAB. I thought I saw a third Cuckoo but as the two males were moving about a fair bit it was hard to tell if there was an additional bird. A Forest Kingfisher was heard calling in the distance. The Emus disappeared suddenly when two Dingoes showed up. Has anyone else witnessed this display and heard the unusual call? Regards Greg Dr Greg. P. Clancy Ecologist and Birding-wildlife Guide | PO Box 63 Coutts Crossing NSW 2460 | 02 6649 3153 | 0429 601 960 http://www.gregclancyecologistguide.com http://gregswildliferamblings.blogspot.com.au/