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The Story of The Great Spotted Cuckoo

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Great Spotted Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo

Great Spotted Cuckoo
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Four Hooded Crow eggs and two Cuckoo eggs
Two Cuckoo nestling day 1

Two Cuckoo nestling day 2
Two Cuckoo nestling day 2
Two Cuckoo nestling day 2
Two Cuckoo nestling day 2

Two Cuckoo nestling day 5
Two Cuckoo nestling day 6 Hooded Crow nestling day 0
Two Cuckoo nestling day 8 Hooded Crow nestling day 2
Two Cuckoo nestling day 6 Hooded Crow nestling day 1

Two Cuckoo nestling day 12 Hooded Crow nestling day 6
Two Cuckoo nestling day 13 Hooded Crow nestling day 7
Cuckoo nestling day 19 Hooded Crow nestling day 13
Cuckoo nestling day 19

Cuckoo nestling day 21 Hooded Crow nestling day 15
Cuckoo nestling day 22 Hooded Crow nestling day 16
Crow nestling day 21
Crow nestling day 27

Cuckoo nestling
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Hooded Crow end young Great Spotted Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo

Great Spotted Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
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pranav prasad t.p. 17-Mar-2013 05:25
it is really interesting.i love birds.

Guest 17-Mar-2013 05:25
it is really interesting.i love birds.

Guest 23-Jun-2012 22:50
úîåðåú îãäéîåú !!!

Marianne 18-May-2012 05:11
I have been observing an unidentified bird around my garden in southern Israel lately. Making a lot of noise and hanging out with hooded crows, yet not a crow. Then yesterday it sat on a branch alongside a crow screeching at it and behaving like a chick wanting to be fed. The crow seemed annoyed then suddenly stepped on the bird pressing it down to the branch. I guess it was really annoyed! The crow then flew off and the other bird followed. I was so intrigued by this strange relationship that I began searching for information and found this site. Now I know it is a Spotted Cuckoo. Thanks for the great photos and info.

effildIncitle 11-Jun-2011 12:30
I just sent this post to a bunch of my friends as I agree with most of what you’re saying here and the way you’ve presented it is awesome.

Guest 28-Mar-2009 10:18
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Naomi McLeod 04-Mar-2009 01:54
Yoram, It is amazing photographs and it is great you share them with everyone. Kol hakavod! .

amir ben dov 21-Oct-2008 06:19
as a birder for 30 years (and fhotographer for 6 mounth) i can say it is a catch of a life time
amazing !!!
superb pictures !!!
you are a super man following this nest for the all period
very few would or even could do it

you are a very talanted photographer

Amir 25-Jul-2008 14:12
Amazing!!!!

Peter Ericsson 16-Jun-2008 13:11
You have told a story with pictures that words can not tell...great effort....many thanks!

Ariane 13-Jun-2008 12:59
I had a fledgling Great Spotted Cuckoo with its magpie "parents" in my yard for a few days in Madrid province. I was at first quite concerned, because the then unidentified fledgling sounded at times as though it were being killed, but then it seemed to be chasing some magpies aggressively. My surprise and first step to identification came when one of the magpies turned around to feed the fledgling! I wrote my children with the anecdote, not yet having identified the type of cuckoo I had seen. My son in Sweden then completed identification in Wikipedia and your gallery on the internet! "My" cuckoo, however, had more interesting white markings on its wings than any of the ones pictured, and I wish my camera had not been out of order just during the fascinating cuckoo visit.

Christina Thayers 13-May-2008 11:41
Hi Yoram. I am writing from Cyprus to say that we have a great spotted cuckoo fledgling in a hooded crows nest in our garden. Your phots have helped us to make a positive identification . The cuckoo is probably about 25 days from hatching and there are 2 host chicks remaining . I think the cuckoo has ejected at least one hooded crow chick as there were 3 little long beaks and now there are only 2 !! The cuckoo is very very demanding of its adoptive parents and manages to get hold of most of the food they bring to the nest. It also flies off and I suspect it has found anothe food source elsewhere as well. It is fantastic to watch and I hope the crow chicks make it !!! Christina . p.s Thankyou for your lovely photos as they have helped us enormously

Tom Payne 23-Feb-2008 20:02
Great gallery, enjoyed it.

Guest 17-Oct-2007 22:20
Dear Yoram, Thank you for teaching me so much about a bird which I have been observing for 20 years and knew little about.

Guest 02-Jun-2007 02:38
Wonderful site. JT

anuschka 06-May-2007 12:46
Fascinating series, thanks for sharing. V.

Richard Calmes 21-Mar-2007 02:17
Here kitty kitty kitty. Here kitty kitty kitty.

Gayle P. Clement 15-Mar-2007 23:08
This is a wonderful and really fascinating gallery. Vote.

Tim Rucci 15-Mar-2007 23:05
Wonderful shots! Great that you were able to capture the images without without disturbing the nest. (V)

G.Pietro Munaretto 15-Mar-2007 10:43
Beautiful

doron nissim 15-Mar-2007 03:10

Well done.

Israel Fichman R.I.P 13-Mar-2007 05:38

Yoram!What an amazing series and a wonderful story,Well done.

Laryl 07-Mar-2007 04:54
wonderful! I'm doing a hummingbird gallery with some nests I found in the park

Guest 05-Mar-2007 21:43
Thank you for sharing this wonderful story! Voted x

Shmuel Halevi 05-Mar-2007 11:21
Fascinating. Well done.

olivier bruning 05-Mar-2007 10:03
adorable and beautiful series! v

Liz Bickel 05-Mar-2007 07:44
This is an amazing gallery. Stunning story!!!

Charles Lasnier 05-Mar-2007 07:35
It's great that you were able to follow the whole story through.

Guest 04-Mar-2007 18:46
Amazing book. VOTED

Rob & Amy Lavoie 03-Mar-2007 21:58
This is great, thanks for sharing

Guest 03-Mar-2007 18:47
excellent gallery, you did a great job here.

Yves Rubin 02-Mar-2007 23:56
Wonderful study Yoram! A touching story.

Nunes BEIRAO - PHOTO 01-Mar-2007 21:18
A perfect document of the nature. Enjoyed and voted!

Guest 27-Feb-2007 19:21
Very cool!! V!

edwina beaumont 27-Feb-2007 09:17
this is a great story and you have all the stages shown so well. the spotted cuckoos are really very attractive. Thanks for sharing this set

Steve Highfield 26-Feb-2007 22:55
A beautifully photographed story from start to end.
Well documented, and I agree that these photographs should been seen by others.
Wonderful work, Yoram. +V

Richard Calmes 26-Feb-2007 22:21
What an amazing sequence of images and story! Others should see this! V

Ray Purser Photography 26-Feb-2007 22:02
Cool Gallery ,good Images

Esa Ervasti 23-Feb-2007 18:30
Stunning story!
All the way from very beginning to the end probably one of the few photography stories of this kind.
You are not just a nobody after this ;-)

nicolebouglouan 07-Feb-2007 17:09
It's a wonderful story, and your pictures are stunning! Thank you for sharing these beautiful moments!

John Byth 10-Jan-2007 16:37
Yoram, this is one of the most wonderful galleries I have seen. Well done.

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Great Spotted Cuckoo	Great Spotted Cuckoo	Great Spotted Cuckoo	Great Spotted Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo	Great Spotted Cuckoo	Four Hooded Crow eggs and two Cuckoo eggs	Two Cuckoo nestling day 1
Two Cuckoo nestling day 2	Two Cuckoo nestling day 2	Two Cuckoo nestling day 2	Two Cuckoo nestling day 2
Two Cuckoo nestling day 5	Two Cuckoo nestling day 6 Hooded Crow nestling day 0	Two Cuckoo nestling day 8 Hooded Crow nestling day 2	Two Cuckoo nestling day 6 Hooded Crow nestling day 1
Two Cuckoo nestling day 12 Hooded Crow nestling day 6	Two Cuckoo nestling day 13 Hooded Crow nestling day 7	Cuckoo nestling day 19 Hooded Crow nestling day 13	Cuckoo nestling day 19
Cuckoo nestling day 21 Hooded Crow nestling day 15	Cuckoo nestling day 22 Hooded Crow nestling day 16	Crow nestling day 21	Crow nestling day 27
Cuckoo nestling	Great Spotted Cuckoo	Hooded Crow end young Great Spotted Cuckoo	Great Spotted Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo	Great Spotted Cuckoo	Great Spotted Cuckoo	Great Spotted Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo	Great Spotted Cuckoo	Great Spotted Cuckoo	Great Spotted Cuckoo

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pranav prasad t.p.		17-Mar-2013 05:25
it is really interesting.i love birds.

Guest		17-Mar-2013 05:25
it is really interesting.i love birds.

Marianne		18-May-2012 05:11
I have been observing an unidentified bird around my garden in southern Israel lately. Making a lot of noise and hanging out with hooded crows, yet not a crow. Then yesterday it sat on a branch alongside a crow screeching at it and behaving like a chick wanting to be fed. The crow seemed annoyed then suddenly stepped on the bird pressing it down to the branch. I guess it was really annoyed! The crow then flew off and the other bird followed. I was so intrigued by this strange relationship that I began searching for information and found this site. Now I know it is a Spotted Cuckoo. Thanks for the great photos and info.

effildIncitle		11-Jun-2011 12:30
I just sent this post to a bunch of my friends as I agree with most of what you’re saying here and the way you’ve presented it is awesome.

Guest		28-Mar-2009 10:18
äéé àðé îöàúé âåæì ÷å÷ééäàáì äåà îú úåê éåí àöìé ááéú

Guest		06-Mar-2009 20:25
éåøí òáåãä î÷ñéîä åîøú÷ú áéåúø äééúé øåöä ìãáø àéúê áðåâò ìãáø çùåá àìîä alma_lev@inter.net.il

Naomi McLeod		04-Mar-2009 01:54
Yoram, It is amazing photographs and it is great you share them with everyone. Kol hakavod! .

amir ben dov		21-Oct-2008 06:19
as a birder for 30 years (and fhotographer for 6 mounth) i can say it is a catch of a life time amazing !!! superb pictures !!! you are a super man following this nest for the all period very few would or even could do it you are a very talanted photographer

Peter Ericsson		16-Jun-2008 13:11
You have told a story with pictures that words can not tell...great effort....many thanks!

Ariane		13-Jun-2008 12:59
I had a fledgling Great Spotted Cuckoo with its magpie "parents" in my yard for a few days in Madrid province. I was at first quite concerned, because the then unidentified fledgling sounded at times as though it were being killed, but then it seemed to be chasing some magpies aggressively. My surprise and first step to identification came when one of the magpies turned around to feed the fledgling! I wrote my children with the anecdote, not yet having identified the type of cuckoo I had seen. My son in Sweden then completed identification in Wikipedia and your gallery on the internet! "My" cuckoo, however, had more interesting white markings on its wings than any of the ones pictured, and I wish my camera had not been out of order just during the fascinating cuckoo visit.

Christina Thayers		13-May-2008 11:41
Hi Yoram. I am writing from Cyprus to say that we have a great spotted cuckoo fledgling in a hooded crows nest in our garden. Your phots have helped us to make a positive identification . The cuckoo is probably about 25 days from hatching and there are 2 host chicks remaining . I think the cuckoo has ejected at least one hooded crow chick as there were 3 little long beaks and now there are only 2 !! The cuckoo is very very demanding of its adoptive parents and manages to get hold of most of the food they bring to the nest. It also flies off and I suspect it has found anothe food source elsewhere as well. It is fantastic to watch and I hope the crow chicks make it !!! Christina . p.s Thankyou for your lovely photos as they have helped us enormously

Guest		17-Oct-2007 22:20
Dear Yoram, Thank you for teaching me so much about a bird which I have been observing for 20 years and knew little about.

anuschka		06-May-2007 12:46
Fascinating series, thanks for sharing. V.

Richard Calmes		21-Mar-2007 02:17
Here kitty kitty kitty. Here kitty kitty kitty.

Gayle P. Clement		15-Mar-2007 23:08
This is a wonderful and really fascinating gallery. Vote.

Tim Rucci		15-Mar-2007 23:05
Wonderful shots! Great that you were able to capture the images without without disturbing the nest. (V)

Israel Fichman R.I.P		13-Mar-2007 05:38
Yoram!What an amazing series and a wonderful story,Well done.

Laryl		07-Mar-2007 04:54
wonderful! I'm doing a hummingbird gallery with some nests I found in the park

Guest		05-Mar-2007 21:43
Thank you for sharing this wonderful story! Voted x

olivier bruning		05-Mar-2007 10:03
adorable and beautiful series! v

Liz Bickel		05-Mar-2007 07:44
This is an amazing gallery. Stunning story!!!

Charles Lasnier		05-Mar-2007 07:35
It's great that you were able to follow the whole story through.

Rob & Amy Lavoie		03-Mar-2007 21:58
This is great, thanks for sharing

Guest		03-Mar-2007 18:47
excellent gallery, you did a great job here.

Yves Rubin		02-Mar-2007 23:56
Wonderful study Yoram! A touching story.

Nunes BEIRAO - PHOTO		01-Mar-2007 21:18
A perfect document of the nature. Enjoyed and voted!

edwina beaumont		27-Feb-2007 09:17
this is a great story and you have all the stages shown so well. the spotted cuckoos are really very attractive. Thanks for sharing this set

Steve Highfield		26-Feb-2007 22:55
A beautifully photographed story from start to end. Well documented, and I agree that these photographs should been seen by others. Wonderful work, Yoram. +V