Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!munnari.oz.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!spam!spam.ua.oz.au!wvenable From: wvenable@spam.ua.oz.au (Bill Venables) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: first cuckoo of spring Message-ID: Date: 9 Oct 90 11:44:34 GMT References: <1257@cluster.cs.su.oz.au> Sender: wvenable@spam.ua.oz Organization: Adelaide University. Lines: 21 In-reply-to: andrewt@cs.su.oz's message of 9 Oct 90 08:43:28 GMT In article <1257@cluster.cs.su.oz.au> andrewt@cs.su.oz (Andrew Taylor) writes: > > Well not the first cuckoo, some species never left, but I heard my first > koel of the season this evening. > > Andrew, who would like to hear a cuckoo go "cuckoo" for once Well they go "cooee", don't they, isn't that close enough for you, Andrew? :-) Sydney must be a bit late this year. Fantail cuckoos have been singing in and near Adelaide for at least a month now, and two weeks ago I saw my first Horsfield Bronze-cuckoo for the season. (Along with Jim Lee from Princeton, who saw his first, ever. How're ya goin', Jim?) One more arrival on Sunday - a pair of Sacred Kingfishers. It's easy to forget just how pretty they are. -- Bill Venables, Dept. of Statistics, | Email: venables@spam.adelaide.edu.au Univ. of Adelaide, South Australia. | Phone: +61 8 228 5412