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Cuckoo cooing after midnight

  • 13-05-2009 10:27pm
    #1
    artieanna
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    Well was out for a stroll on a lovely clear night last weekend around 12.30am and I heard the cuckoo cooing her heart out. I was a bit surprised as I assumed that she would be tucked up somewhere at that time.. Is it unusal to hear her out an about so late???

    A couple of times lately birds caught me by surprise flying overhead and it was late and very dark...

    Usually around here 8 o clock and there isent a sound outta the birdies???


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  • #2
    stevensi
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    If the bird you heard was cooing I don't think it was a cuckoo. More then likely a woodpigeon or a collared dove!


  • #3
    Sundew
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    A cuckoo would have been cuckooing :D

    However i have often heard Cuckoo's on a fine warm Summer's evening so it may be what you heard. However the cuckoo sound is unmistakable!

    You can hear the cuckoo on this link.
    http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/c/cuckoo/

    And here is the sound of my favourite "collared doves"

    http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/c/collareddove/index.asp


  • #4
    sorella
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    Some birds seem to sing all through the night. There is a grasshopper warbler nearby.

    And another glorious song that seems to be sung at all hours; wondering if it might be a nightingale ?

    The local cuckoo is a late caller also.


  • #5
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    sorella wrote: »
    Some birds seem to sing all through the night. There is a grasshopper warbler nearby.

    And another glorious song that seems to be sung at all hours; wondering if it might be a nightingale ?

    The local cuckoo is a late caller also.

    Yes many birds sing through the night and the wonderful Grasshopper Warbler is certainly one of them.
    A Nightingale is not likely. They actually sing more during the day than at night although their name suggests otherwise!


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