Cuckooooooo.....???

[Daisychain]

Originally Posted by shaun a

The nearest sound any dove makes to a cuckoo is a stock dove if you have heard a cuckoo,collard dove or a stock dove you will or should be able to tell the difference that is if you are into birds and not just like the look of them.With 30 yrs of birding I have never heard a collard dove sound remotely like a cuckoo unless its sat 2 feet away from me then maybe,but going back to the original post this bird was not sat on the shoulder of the person who first thought it was a cuckoo.

Well it definately wasn't on my shoulder & Im definately not a novice.