Another one with the bright yellow eyes. The cuckoo hawk also enjoys snakes, but this time only the little ones (snakes that is), although his preference is grasshoppers.
In this case the young are a lot kinder to each other, and a breeding season can see two, and very rarely three chicks take flight.
This chap is also now living at the African Bird of Prey Sanctuary.
Through the Transkei
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Up early again, cos everyone's itching to get through the Transkei. When
the bikes start revving, you know you'd better hurry, or you could be left
behind....
15 years ago
2 comments:
Does it lay its eggs in someone else's nest? I'm just wondering why it is called a 'cuckoo' hawk because it doesn't look like the clocks.
According to Wiki, the reason for the name is that it resembles a cuckoo.
Both parents participate in building the nest, a platform of leafy twigs in a tall tree, as well as egg incubation, and subsequent feeding of the chicks.
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