Monday, April 13, 2009

Coucal courtship

We live in a bit of a pheasant coucal hotspot. We often hear there hooping calls late in the afternoon or see them awkwardly flying from one side of our property to the other. They remind me of the prehistoric archeopteryx. Anyway, while having breakfast this morning we saw this coucal fly on to this old grevillea and begin courting. Soon he was joined by the female and they both displayed to each other before the female decided he just wasn't quite good enough and flew away.

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