Thanks so much everyone :) It's driving us crazy with its calls and we have never had one around here before. Good to have some informtion on it finally.
Julianne, some people find they come to accept "irritating" bird calls by adopting the perspective that the birds that make them are an important part of the environment & without them our environment suffers &, in the long term, so do we.
channel billed cuckoo
Hi Julianne, I would say this is a Channel-billed Cuckoo.
M-L
Hey, zosterops beat me to it
all be it by 2 secs
M-L
Thanks so much everyone :) It's driving us crazy with its calls and we have never had one around here before. Good to have some informtion on it finally.
Judging by the brownish head and lack of red eyes, it's an immature CBC.
Julianne, some people find they come to accept "irritating" bird calls by adopting the perspective that the birds that make them are an important part of the environment & without them our environment suffers &, in the long term, so do we.
the relatively small bill also suggests a young bird
Peter
.... yes an adult is more expensive (just kidding)