Like clockwork, the cuckoos call.
Each year from mid-August, one can often hear the repeated rising whistles of the Shining Bronze-cuckoo. Today I heard two, one near the Herdsman Lake Wildlife Centre, and another near the Settler's cottage on the western banks.
Last summer, I came across a juvenile cuckoo with a flock of Willie Wagtails and Yellow-rumped Thornbills, although I couldn't tell which of the two had been forced into fostering this young noisy bird. I hope to solve that mystery this spring, and with adult birds present now, it surely won't be long until they've found a host nest to lay their egg, before departing to enjoy a restful Aussie summer down south.
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