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Re: Outings around Lausanne, Switzerland
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:18 pm
by nan
Lisbeth wrote:Luckily the cuckoo had chosen a dead tree
You even got the little one
It must have been difficult to find
I have never seen a cuckoo on the ground
(Actually I have never seen a cuckoo if not far away flying
)
Also with the little bittern you had luck
Even a bum shot
yes luckily... but flies a lot and not always on the dead tree
stayed about 2 hours to have those pictures
Re: Outings around Lausanne, Switzerland
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:30 pm
by nan
Mel wrote:Who is the cuckoo's mum?
Lucky indeed to have seen it and the bittern too
The last one is an ugly bug
Or cuckoo fodder
European Reed Warbler, it seems she made the nest near the floor, it's what the cuckoo often goes on the ground. Will have a look next time... without disturb
I saw the Bittern several time... jumping from reed to reed... but Inside
Re: Outings around Lausanne, Switzerland
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:44 pm
by Mel
A reed warbler is a rather small bird, isn't it?
Re: Outings around Lausanne, Switzerland
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 6:00 pm
by nan
Mel wrote:A reed warbler is a rather small bird, isn't it?
yes it is (13 cm vs 32cm, almost 3 x bigger
)... you can see she (her) in the picture where the Cuckoo is on the right side, with wide open mouth and on the left there is the Reed warbler, not in focus
Re: Outings around Lausanne, Switzerland
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 6:03 pm
by Mel
Ja, I had seen that, but couldn't a) make out what other bird it was and b) wasn't sure of the proportion.
It's amazing that birds let themselves be deceived like that
Re: Outings around Lausanne, Switzerland
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 6:28 pm
by nan
Mel wrote:Ja, I had seen that, but couldn't a) make out what other bird it was and b) wasn't sure of the proportion.
It's amazing that birds let themselves be deceived like that
it seems the Reed Warbler knows counting
when the real mother Cuckoo put an egg in the nest, she throw away one already here... like that the false mother doesn't see nothing = she knows count
And when the baby Cuckoo break its egg... it throw away the other chicks overboard
Re: Outings around Lausanne, Switzerland
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:15 pm
by Lisbeth
Strange that the cuckoo mother was in the same place as the chick
Re: Outings around Lausanne, Switzerland
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:24 pm
by nan
the parents are still around, but not at the same place... to contrôle if all is ok for the baby
and they will immigrate soon, much more before the chick
Re: Outings around Lausanne, Switzerland
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 8:21 pm
by Lisbeth
Of course it's the step mother
I did not look properly
Re: Outings around Lausanne, Switzerland
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 3:37 pm
by Flutterby
Lovely cuckoo sighting!