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07-01-2009, 08:04 PM
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| | | Cuckoos
No, not the first report of spring  .
Cuckoos have always fascinated me ever since I was a very young birdwatcher but this latest revelation is amazing .... Cuckoo chicks dupe foster parents from the moment they hatch
Note that the article mentions a Natural World programme up and coming this Friday. It should be an interesting one.
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07-01-2009, 08:10 PM
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Thankyou for this, most interesting, I've booked the natural world on my freeview too. |
07-01-2009, 08:42 PM
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Looking forward to that, program and their return in spring !!
Thanks Richard... |
08-01-2009, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by rlchew  ....Note that the article mentions a Natural World programme up and coming this Friday. It should be an interesting one.
Richard | Yes indeed Richard and filmed mainly at Wicken Fen here in Cambs and the result of research work undertaken there by one of our University Professors - Cambridge City News, Cambridge local stories and the latest about Cambridge - Cuckoo in the nest
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08-01-2009, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by rlchew No, not the first report of spring .
Cuckoos have always fascinated me ever since I was a very young birdwatcher but this latest revelation is amazing .... Cuckoo chicks dupe foster parents from the moment they hatch
Note that the article mentions a Natural World programme up and coming this Friday. It should be an interesting one.Richard | Richard I've just posted about this in TV/Radio.....as you say it should be a good one! 
Thanks for the link too! |
08-01-2009, 02:59 PM
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I'm looking forward to the programme. I got to see my first Cuckoo last Spring and would love to know more about them apart from the obvious.
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08-01-2009, 08:04 PM
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I read that the chick belonging to the Cuckoo will always chose the same species of host that it's parents used as a host when it becomes an adult.
They're an incredibly complex bird to understand.
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08-01-2009, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman I read that the chick belonging to the Cuckoo will always chose the same species of host that it's parents used as a host when it becomes an adult.
They're an incredibly complex bird to understand. | Yes, I seem to remember reading that somewhere too.
So, for example, a Cuckoo reared by a Meadow Pipit will then parasitise a Meadow Pipit as an adult. Similarly for Reed Warblers, Dunnocks, etc.
I also recall reading that over time some host species eventually work out that they are being duped and that the frequency of parasitisation reduces.
Amazing.
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08-01-2009, 08:16 PM
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08-01-2009, 08:21 PM
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I also read that after mating, dropping approximately 25 eggs in other birds nests, the adults then nip back to Africa and the fledglings head the same direction a few weeks later.
Does it make you wonder when the very first cuckoo had the brainwave of let someone else do all the rearing! Bloomin incredible I think.
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