Channel-billed Cuckoo

Sightings within the local survey area for the period 1 Sep 2011 - 30 Nov 2011. The local survey area is a rectangular area extending from Kingsthorpe NW of Toowoomba to the Mt Whitestone/Fordsdale area SE of Helidon.

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Bill Jolly
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Channel-billed Cuckoo

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Channel-billed Cuckoo heard, then seen, at Helidon Thursday morning, 8 September, 2011

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Pat McConnell
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Channel-billed Cuckoo

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Great record Bill. I just got back from Mackay and did not see any Channel-billed Cuckoos, Koels or Dollarbirds while I was away.
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Mick Atzeni
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Channel-billed Cuckoos

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Pair over home (Niddrie Drive, Middle Ridge) this morning - my first for the season.

See they're already as far south as Sydney with one reported yesterday:

.://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/bir ... 00267.html

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Bill Jolly
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Channel-billed Cuckoo

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Just for the record, the local Postmaster had a Channel-bill in his garden the day before - so first record for Helidon this year was 7th September.

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Channel-billed Cuckoo

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From Al Young on his first for the season:
I heard a Channel-billed Cuckoo near Dwyers Scrub CP (S3) on 24/09/11.
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