Dear Sir, Thank you for sending these wonderful photos. You may be aware that MigrantWatch runs a Pied Cuckoo campaign, and we would be delighted if you could report your sighting on the database at MigrantWatch -- you can also upload accompanying photos.
Just register at www.migrantwatch.in, login and click on report sighitngs. You can see all 300+ Pied Cuckoo reports at MigrantWatch by clicking on this link: http://www.migrantwatch.in/data.php?species=21 Click on "tabular" to see all the sightings in a list. And here is a summary of the arrivals of Pied Cuckoo in relation to the onset of monsoon in 2009 and 2010. http://www.migrantwatch.in/blog/2011/05/10/pied-cuckoos-and-the-monsoon-2009-2010 I do hope you will join us in tracking this beautiful bird! With best wishes, Suhel PS. My apologies to the list for posting off-topic; but perhaps the connection can be made like this: Pied Cuckoo announces the monsoon, monsoon is the growing season for many plants, hence the Pied Cuckoo is somewhat relevant to efloraofindia. On Jun 14, 8:57 pm, Col Bimal Sarkar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friend, > According to Dr Salim Ali,Pied Crested Cuckoo ( Megha Papiha ),is > a messanger of monsoon.The bird reaches India from Madagascar just before the > arrival of monsoon.Call of this bird is high pitched crescendo.Once you have > heard the call you are sure monsoon is about to reach.This bird raises family > in the Sub continent and leaves just before winter.Attaching two images of > the bird taken today.You may like these. > Regards > Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar > Mobile: 9434194942 > > Pied Crested Cuckoo 1.jpg > 100KViewDownload > > Pied Crested Cuckoo 2.jpg > 46KViewDownload
