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RE: Borran's Nature Photography: Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Common Cuckoo!
Very selfish fellow. I don't think I have ever seen one. Thanks for posting to #feathered Friday!
Very selfish fellow. I don't think I have ever seen one. Thanks for posting to #feathered Friday!
Ok! I think you don't have them over there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cuckoo
Common cuckoo
The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.
This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. It is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of dunnocks, meadow pipits, and reed warblers. Although its eggs are larger than those of its hosts, the eggs in each type of host nest resemble the host's eggs.