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Un-identifiable bird...

Postby Zeeke on Sun May 14, 2006 3:03 pm

Any idea what this is, ive been looking through my bird books.. but im unable to tell what it is... i think its possibly a cuckoo... but what type?

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Captured it while it was hunting insects flying in off the river

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Postby avkomp on Sun May 14, 2006 3:21 pm

believe this is a shining bronze cuckoo.

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Postby fozzie on Sun May 14, 2006 5:33 pm

avkomp/Steve - collects the money.

http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdi ... 5c556f94d1


avkomp wrote:believe this is a shining bronze cuckoo.

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Postby Zeeke on Sun May 14, 2006 6:05 pm

Thanks for that, had a couple of em, cheeky lil buggers.. had no fear of me..

I thought it might of possibly been them... but hard to be certain... One of the books ive got doesnt have a photo of them and states them as rarely photographed

Thanks again

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