ML607084451
Contributor
Michael Louey Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Western Treatment Plant--Western Lagoons
Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
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Observation details
Initially heard along the fence line with the spit on coast road. Call repeatedly for an extended time. Didn't locate it initially. On the way back down the road, in the same vicinity, I was having a long chat with Andy Crawford when I noticed a raptor chasing another bird. By the time we focused, an Australian Hobby had returned to a post on the fence with the Cuckoo. It was still alive initially and was moving its wings but was soon finished off. All the photos, other than the last were while the Cuckoo was still moving. the last picture when it was probably dead gives a better overall impression of the bird. If it was the same bird I saw initially, then the recording turned out to be its swan song.
Technical information
- Recorder
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 1.04 MB