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Cuckoo Call Dates : Spring 2011

Thank you to those people who provided dates for cuckoo calls in the last few years  <   Previous Postings  , 2010 Postings >

For the coming 2011 spring period it would be great this practice continues and so once again please can members kindly report dates of first heard cuckoo calls on the BBS. Please note it is only the date of the first call in Hong Kong for each species which is needed; Common Koel, Plaintive Cuckoo, Large Hawk Cuckoo, and Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo. i.e. there's no need to post up the 2nd/3rd.... call for each species.

Same as before, if any member can dig out call dates for any of the years between 1990 to 2003 it would be much appreciated.

Many thanks,

The Mai Po Team

lkatherine

16-Jan-11

Plaintive Cuckoo at She Shan Village, Lam Tsuen

Beetle

2 Feb 2011,
Common Koel calling at Kowloon Walled City Park

fatchun

23-1-2011
Common koel at Ma On Shan Country park

24-1-2011
Common koel at Tsuen Wan

30-1-2011
Common koel at Ma On Shan Country park

ajohn

Common Koel singing at Mai Po today (3rd Feb 2011)

Sze

Common Koel singing at Kwai Chung today (3rd Feb 2011)

subbuteo

There seem to be Large Hawk Cuckoos beginning to call- warm ups rather than full calls.  Started on the 10 March in Pak Tin Kong, Lam Tsuen.  I am sure I heard a distant Chestnut-winged Cuckoo calling too!  

It gets very noisy around here when they all start calling properly, great until there is a LHC outside the bedroom window.

Dylan

tsheunglai

Dear all

I would like to add that today this morning from Shing Mun/Lead Mine Pass
two Large Hawk Cuckoos were heard.

S L Tai

tsheunglai

Dear all

Today in the morning two Large Hawk Cuckoos were heard from Shing Mun/Lead Mine Pass.

S L Tai

subbuteo

Large Hawk Cuckoo really started to call properly last night(13/3/11) and still going strong this morning.

Dylan

pchunchiu

Warm-up calls of Large Hawk Cuckoo was heard near Tuen Mun last Firday (11th March 2011).

tmichael

LHC heard this evening (14 March) in the Nam Shan, Sai Kung area for first time this spring. It seems like a pretty simultaneous, rather belated start-up this year, due to fairly low evening  temperatures and perhaps more significantly low humidity in the last two weeks or so, I assume.

What exactly does the warm-up call sound like?

Mike Turnbull

subbuteo

Pretty much their usual call but not quite so enthusiastic- a couple of goes and then a "mutter" or shriek.  No real conviction, you could tell they weren't committed to it.  

Dylan

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ajohn

A Large Hawk Cuckoo was calling today (20th March) at Kam Tin

kpokuen

A large hawk cuckoo was calling this morning at Tai Po Kau.

subbuteo

First Plaintive Cuckoo I've heard in Pak Tin Kong, Lam Tsuen (21/3/11)

Beetle

A Chestnut-winged Cuckoo were heard (and seen briefly) in Sha Lo Tung today (14 April 2011).

lkatherine

Indian Cuckoo (heard and seen) at Long Valley last Saturday (9-Apr).

Katherine

ajohn

Indian cuckoo also heard and seen today (15/4) at Lut Chau

brendank

A Large Hawk Cuckoo has been calling at LFS (where they are not common) since 30 March. It only calls at dawn, dusk or after dark (up till about 9:00 pm). I have yet to hear it during broad daylight.

subbuteo

I had Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo calling in Pak Tin Kong early this morning (5 May 2011).  I believe Brendan reported one calling at Tai Po Kau the same evening (4 May 2011).

Dylan

brendank

Fai Jai had 2 or 3 a few weeks ago in that area already.  I now realize Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo seems to call most frequently after dark. Probably an overlooked species.

yuyinman88

But I can't hear in Lam Tin!