Cuckoo!

Yep, heard my first cuckoo of the year this morning! I know their life cycle and really they are horrible birds but ...

 

Do you know, in all my life, I have never heard a cuckoo.. mustn't be in the right area. Or maybe they all hide when they see me!

 

frogesque - but you are north of me, how could this happen, you before me. yes they are nasty things, but there is something wonderfully sensual about hearing the first one - suppose its the first sign that the weather is going to be warm enough for you to be able to get your kit off!!!ouuuu err.........

 

read somewhere that the first time you hear a cuckoo, however many times you hear him call "cuckoo" is the equivelant to how many years you have left to live.alright if your wearing running shoes,just watch out for the trees when your sprinting after him.

 

Keep it clean Waco :D

 

Was that kit or kilt? :D

 

:D :D :D No kilts in North Yorkshire!

Oh god, it's gone again!

 

Waco........Ref:kit off

 

Oh that is so funny roders! but I have not heard one yet so a bit too early for such demands.

and strongloden I do have Sruart blood in me so be carefull!

anyway back to cuckoo, it calls at an interval of a minor 3rd - just like the sound of a child calling "mummy" Mah - meee oh I need to add sound now. May be that is what attract us so much to the sound?

 

Oh and something else - somewhere ther is a thread about magpie, but back to cuckoo I can't remember all the verse, so need some earlier months.........

In June change their tune
In July away they fly
In august go they must

 

:rolleyes:
Cuckoo comes in April
Sings his song in May
Changes tune in the middle of June
And then he flies away


Sad isn't it? :D

 

What does he change his tune to? in June.

 

Thanks jjordie will be able to sleep at night again now

Pete not sure, I have not noticed a difference, may be it is just a different pitch?

 

They do a double 'cuck' i.e. 'cuck-cuckoo'.
:D