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Red-chested cuckoo For the past four years, starting in spring, this cuckoo calls from dawn to dusk near my house. For the past four years I have been trying to get a decent shot. It taunts me, every single day from spring through summer it taunts me. Either being just out of range or hiding behind foliage. For the past four years I have managed a few terrible photos. This is this years offering! Cuculus solitarius,Red-chested Cuckoo,South Africa,birds,cuckoos Click/tap to enlarge

Red-chested cuckoo

For the past four years, starting in spring, this cuckoo calls from dawn to dusk near my house. For the past four years I have been trying to get a decent shot. It taunts me, every single day from spring through summer it taunts me. Either being just out of range or hiding behind foliage. For the past four years I have managed a few terrible photos. This is this years offering!

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  1. Hehe, a fine shot, Claire! Reminds me of the blackbird in our garden. Posted 9 years ago

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The Red-chested Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is a medium-sized bird, found in Africa south of the Sahara. In Afrikaans, it is known as "Piet-my-vrou", after its call.

Similar species: Cuckoos
Species identified by Claire Hamilton
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded Nov 18, 2015. Captured Nov 2, 2015 13:00.
  • Canon EOS 7D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/1250s
  • ISO100
  • 400mm