g'dau david,

yep and she very drab looking, and when in company if you have fruit
of any sort growing they will be wanting to eat it, very sneeky birds
that fly low and sit right in the middle of the trees making them
harder to see.

in rural i used to listen for them as they set up for a visit then
come out and shoosh them of just as they flew in, him from one
direction her from another.

comon name storm birds probably because their call was heard just
before a storm occured at sometime or other.

we have a male in our sector at present still calling for a mate.

if you grow your own fruit, tomato's whatever (they don't go for
citrus) just the soft sweet stuff, then i'd be saying distract
him/them from your garden, i also think as like most or all of the
cuckoo family they lay their eggs in other native birds nest by
dumping the native birds eggs out and laying theirs in there instead.



On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:38:48 +1100, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:

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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

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"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

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