France in Focus

Posted: **Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:10 pm**

Made it's return known yesterday and today. The sound of spring

Posted: **Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:09 am**

Heard ours today in 49

Posted: **Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:52 am**

ajm wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:09 am Heard ours today in 49

You are giving

your position away, I heard that one as well

Posted: **Fri Mar 24, 2023 1:56 pm**

hughnique wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:52 am
ajm wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:09 am Heard ours today in 49
You are giving your position away, I heard that one as well

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I doubt it was the same one - this one seemed to come from near Valanjou

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:56 am**

Not heard it again since last Friday.

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2023 1:07 pm**

Me neither.

Posted: **Thu May 18, 2023 8:10 pm**

We heard our first cuckoo of the year this afternoon. The funny thing was, I'd remarked to OH this morning that we hadn't heard one this year ......

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2023 8:34 am**

That's late Blaze! We have 3 around us, all well apart, going from early morning.

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2023 8:58 am**

We've been hearing them non-stop for weeks now. Never lived in Cuckoo land before (well maybe when we were in the USA). Do both the males and females sing the cuckoo sound ?

And what do these birds actually look like? I did a quick search and the description seemed to be that they are black with an orange colored beak. But, so many birds have a similar description.

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2023 9:37 am**

Here you go Lori ! Cuckoos make their sound while perched, but also in flight. They've probably been around here for a while, but it's the first time we've heard one this year.

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