On 14/04/2013 21:08, Emery Davis wrote:
On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:36:34 +0000, vicky wrote:

I heard my first /ever/ cuckoo on holiday this week!


Wow, that's a cause for celebration! It is a beautiful call... We're
lucky to have them all spring, until (as I understand it) their voices
change.

Males do the actual cuckooing from prominent places for to attract
Mrs. Cuckoo. She has a call not unlike a hawk (which cuckoos mimic
visually) to scare off potential hosts.
--
Phil Cook