ajohn

Plaintive Cuckoo singing at Sha Po 13 March 2012.

The report of Indian Cuckoo is interesting. These are not usually present until April - the latest bird report gives the earliest date on record as 10 March, so a January record would be exceptional. I've heard Black-throated Laughingthrush mimicking this speciesa few times - would that be a possibility in this case?

ajohn

Actually Geoff, I did mean 10 March; I was referring to the earliest on record in the introductory text for the species. Even this seems exceptionally early to me. You are correct that the earliest recorded in 2007-08 was 10 April, which is a more typical date for the first record.