Lesser Cuckoo

Characteristics

A bird of the cuckoo family with a characteristic call.

The back is gray and the belly is white with horizontal stripes. Some individuals are red. Eye ring is yellow. The size is the size of a bulbul. The silhouette that flies while chirping has wings open, which is different from the Brown-eared Bulbul.

Calls

It has a characteristic cry of "kyokkyo, kyokyokyo" and has long been known as "teppenkaketaka". Sometimes they cry in the morning.

Tenkabito's famous haiku, "Narukanara".

Ecology

Comes to Japan as a summer bird. It catches and eats insects such as caterpillars on trees.

Warblers and other species have a habit of laying eggs.

Habitat

From spring to summer, when I wake up in the middle of the night, I sometimes hear the chirping of the hototogisu from the forest behind the house. It's a little creepy, but I wanted to see it someday.

Katakura Castle Ruins Park

In June, I had the chance to photograph the red-throated squirrel at Katakura Castle Ruins Park. It was sitting on a fairly low branch and singing, but I could not see it for a long time. After searching for a few minutes, I was able to find it among the branches. After eating insects in the tree, it flew towards the forest of gathering. I heard a howl for a while.