A Pied Cuckoo calling out loud in flight
A migratory bird that is famous for appearing just before the start of the rainy season. In the countryside, people still predict rains by its sightings. In South India, this is a resident bird and can be seen late summers, rainy seasons and sometimes in the winters too.
This species of Cuckoo is a brood parasite and lays its eggs in other birds nests. It would eat one of the hosts eggs and drop its own in them. The bird prefers Bulbuls, both Red Vented and White throated, tailorbirds etc.. as hosts for its eggs.
We sighted two of them in the area I visited. The place was teeming with caterpillars and butterflies - no wonder there were so many cuckoo's there. This cuckoo caught caterpillars in the dry bushes and then flew over to the trees and consumed it there. This happened a couple of times and that is when I took this shot!
Thank you so much in advance for your views and feedback.
A Pied Cuckoo calling out loud in flight
A migratory bird that is famous for appearing just before the start of the rainy season. In the countryside, people still predict rains by its sightings. In South India, this is a resident bird and can be seen late summers, rainy seasons and sometimes in the winters too.
This species of Cuckoo is a brood parasite and lays its eggs in other birds nests. It would eat one of the hosts eggs and drop its own in them. The bird prefers Bulbuls, both Red Vented and White throated, tailorbirds etc.. as hosts for its eggs.
We sighted two of them in the area I visited. The place was teeming with caterpillars and butterflies - no wonder there were so many cuckoo's there. This cuckoo caught caterpillars in the dry bushes and then flew over to the trees and consumed it there. This happened a couple of times and that is when I took this shot!
Thank you so much in advance for your views and feedback.