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Wilbro
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#1 Post by Wilbro »

Made it's return known yesterday and today. The sound of spring :clap:
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ajm
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#2 Post by ajm »

Heard ours today in 49
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#3 Post by hughnique »

ajm wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:09 am Heard ours today in 49
You are giving :lol: :lol: your position away, I heard that one as well
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#4 Post by ajm »

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 :lol: :lol: 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
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#5 Post by ajm »

Not heard it again since last Friday.
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#6 Post by hughnique »

Me neither.
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#7 Post by Blaze »

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 ......
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#8 Post by Wilbro »

That's late Blaze! We have 3 around us, all well apart, going from early morning.
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#9 Post by Lori »

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.
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#10 Post by Blaze »

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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