Posted by Anne LeVeque on July 14, 1999 at 17:06:48 from 207.197.129.139:
In Reply to: Re: Do cuckoos change their tune in June? posted by Phoebe Palmieri on July 14, 1999 at 00:47:29:
There is a folk song, I guess American but maybe of English origin, that goes:
Oh the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird,
And she sings as she flies.
But she never hollers cuckoo
Til the fourth day of July.
The fourth of July, of course, being a very important date for Americans,
on which we celebrate having whomped the Brits.
My guess would be that their call changes during nesting or mating season.
Anne LeVeque