Fan-tailed Cuckoo

| Photographed by | Michael Hamel-Green on Thu 22nd Sep, 2022 and uploaded on Fri 30th Sep, 2022 . | ||||||||||||||||||
| Resolution | 1063x1600 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| ID | 53579 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comment | On a brief visit to the Crusoe Reservoir on the outskirts of Bendigo, it was a pleasure to encounter both a variety of honeyeaters and this Fan-tailed Cuckoo, most probably a female from its quite pale rufous throat and very faint barring on its breast. Their distinctive Fan-tail yellow orbital ring is very prominent in the photo. Of course, this one’s cuckolding intentions would probably be rather less appreciated by local potential hosts, especially the flycatchers, fairy-wrens, scrub-wrens and thornbills busy with spring nest-building in the vicinity. But perhaps Fan-tails’ unconventional offspring-raising is redeemed ecologically by their predilection for the kinds of hairy caterpillars and sawflies that do so much damage to trees and crops; and by their beautiful calls and trills. Apparently females are somewhat less vocal than males, so, in this case, I only saw, but did not hear, my first Fan-tailed Cuckoo of Spring. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment | Nikon Z7ii Nikkor 500mm PF f5.6 TC1.4 700mm ISO 2200 1/1000th f8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Crusoe Reservoir, Bendigo, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keywords | female, adult | ||||||||||||||||||
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