A mate and I were fishing in my little boat off Carey Bay on Lake Macquarie on Sunday morning, 17th September 2017. We both heard the unmistakable, shrill call of a Channel-billed cuckoo echoing around the bay. It was 8:20 am and conditions were still and calm. There was not a cloud in the sky, no wind, but we could not see the bird to get a definite, visual identification. However their call is absolutely unmistakable. This was my first record of Channel-bills for Spring 2017.
Looking back over my records, last year I first heard them on Sunday 25th September - in very similar circumstances. Again, weather is obviously changing, the days are slowly getting longer, and the cuckoos are back. The Koels should be here too - I'll have to keep an ear open for them.
I have recorded this sighting with the Atlas of Living Australia.
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