Common Cuckoo (f)
Common Cuckoo / cuculus canorus. 16/05/19.
'FEMALE CUCKOO.'
With her slightly smaller more slender body, the female Cuckoo was a feast for my eyes. It was the first time I have ever had such clear, close, prolonged views of a female.
She bore a lot of similarity to a male, but with additional colour tones in her plumage. The sides of her neck were flushed with a lovely warm buff-brown. As the colour extended across her upper breast, it became suffused into a peachy-brown wash. She was stunning and I made a lot of images of her which will be posted over time.
This image was made when she had just landed on a dead tree branch and gives quite a nice side view. of her. She had not landed to rest but chosen the branch as a vantage point to peer down from, looking for caterpillars.
Common Cuckoo (f)
Common Cuckoo / cuculus canorus. 16/05/19.
'FEMALE CUCKOO.'
With her slightly smaller more slender body, the female Cuckoo was a feast for my eyes. It was the first time I have ever had such clear, close, prolonged views of a female.
She bore a lot of similarity to a male, but with additional colour tones in her plumage. The sides of her neck were flushed with a lovely warm buff-brown. As the colour extended across her upper breast, it became suffused into a peachy-brown wash. She was stunning and I made a lot of images of her which will be posted over time.
This image was made when she had just landed on a dead tree branch and gives quite a nice side view. of her. She had not landed to rest but chosen the branch as a vantage point to peer down from, looking for caterpillars.