Hello all,
Apologies if this is a waste of everyone's time, but a bird has been making an aweful noise in my yard today. I went to take a look and it was nothing like I've seen before. It has been sitting in one place and Magpies are regularly harassing it.......or maybe feeding it, I'm not sure!
Anyway, curiousity got the better of me, so I tried to find out what it was - which leads me here.
Link to a picture
http://s1113.beta.photobucket.com/user/jed_devries/media/20121201_165723.jpg.html
For extra info, I'm in the northern suburbs of Sydney
Any and all help appreciated, again, apologies if I'm asking a silly question, I'm far from an authority on these things....also, the noise it's making is horrible!!!!
A cuckoo maybe but i'm not sure which one.
Try some of the fact sheets below.
Hope they help?
sorry, no.
This thing was at least as big as a large Magpie and 3x as loud.
I have about 8 photos, if anyone needs a different angle etc please let me know.
try some more photos and another member might be able to help.
Thanks, Beef - I'm sure it's nothing, maybe a pet or such, but this thing really made a scene - had all the street out talking about it.
EDIT
Not sure if this will work - but more photo's
http://s1113.beta.photobucket.com/user/jed_devries/library/
I just had a look at the link you gave us, the bird is a " Channel-billed Cuckoo", have a listen what it sounds like. You will find that;s what it is.
M-L
You guys are right.....sorry for not getting the pics right earlier.
Thank you to all.
With so much of Australia's bird life under threat you're very lucky to have this noisy bird making such a mess at your place, jeddevries.