Fan-tailed Cuckoo

Sightings anywhere within a 250 km radius of Toowoomba, but excluding the local survey area (see above), for the period 1 Jun 2013 - 31 Aug 2013.
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sburke
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Location: Townsville Region

Fan-tailed Cuckoo

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After work yesterday I hopped out of the car to open our front gate and noted the unmistakeable call of a Fan-tailed Cuckoo. I played back the call on my phone's Michael Morcombe app and the bird came closer, still calling, and finally into view into an ironbark beside the driveway.

A beautiful sound that filled the bush around me as the sun was setting.

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sburke
Posts: 158
Joined: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:30 am
Location: Townsville Region

Hanging around

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The Fan-tailed Cuckoo has stayed around the house all weekend and it's call is most evident at dusk when most other things have quitened down. Beautiful trill.
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