The cute birds are Guira Cuckoos and are found in Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina. It is generally rather shaggy-looking and has a total length of 13 in). It feeds on large arthropods, frogs, eggs, small birds (not nice cuckoo) and small mammals such as mice. It is not an accomplished flier, mostly gliding or hoping from one perch to another. The bird’s call is unmistakeable for bieng long and shrill, something between a long whistle and a wailing. (Just what we need for a wake-up call on a Monday Morning.)
Source: Thank you fairywren for the photo by Jason Ellison.
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I think I heard a cuckoo a few weeks ago in Colchester. Awesome to hear.
Don’t think I’ve had the pleasure of hearing a cuckoo…
Happy Monday morning …I’d be a little shrill too if someone called me cuckoo. Hmmm…
Good point!
Hilarious!
🙂
Boy, talk about facing the day with fierce determination, whew! If that’s what a little gel will do for ya, I’m adding to my product line…. 😉
:). Yes, they are small but mighty!
Precisely! Take THAT you old Monday!
🙂
My second laugh of the day……people pay a lot of money for a hairdo like that!
Yes, they do. It’s a great shot.
Thanks for my first lesson of the day!
My pleasure. I learned something too…
Cute.
Love it! They are adorable 🙂
they are Judy…
They are so cute, I think gel is optional 🙂
It might be optional…
[Laughing] Cool Dude, huh. 😉 its like the lead actor with his close friends (a photo from a high school movie) :p
Exactly…very cool dude and dudette…
What a lovely wake up call.
It is Indira, thanks…
13 inches?? They look like they can fit in the palm of your hand.
You are right!