The Brainfever-bird.
Posted in Birding on Dec 31st, 2005
Springtime at our place is invariably heralded by the call of the Pallid Cuckoo, described by Graham Pizzey as a chromatic scale of eight notes, rising in quarter tones. Another name for it is the Brainfever-bird, due to the monotony of its oft repeated call. It’s not spring now, in fact summer really arrived yesterday [...]
