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First cuckoo of the year?

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I heard one today, at first I thought I was hearing things but within a couple of minutes I heard it again. It called four times all together, I always thought mid to late april was the usual time for them. :?
I am sure there is a saying associated with the first cuckoo of the year but I cant remember it, can anyone enlighten me? :-D
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The cuckoo arrives in April
It sings it's song in May
It changes it's tune in the month of June
and July it flies away



your cuckoo is really early Al :?
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Are you sure it's not some kids having a laugh? :shock: They were probably videoing you for yoo toob. {rofwl}
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Or perhaps it was a pigeon with hiccups .. {rofwl}
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jannie wrote:The cuckoo arrives in April
It sings it's song in May
It changes it's tune in the month of June
and July it flies away



your cuckoo is really early Al :?



That's lovely Jannie, will have to remember that, just goes to show,

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Hmm I wonder if it was a cuckoo then, maybe the german clock maker in the village has lost one of his parrots. )j;
Seriously, I am sure I heard it. :?
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Yeah yeah, right.

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I heard a wood pecker in the woods the other day :b(
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Sara wrote:I heard a wood pecker in the woods the other day :b(



Did it sound like a cuckoo? )grin2(
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AL37 wrote:Hmm I wonder if it was a cuckoo then, maybe the german clock maker in the village has lost one of his parrots. )j;
Seriously, I am sure I heard it. :?



Would have been the clockmaker Herr Cuck :-D
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The wood peckers are busy for sure...
I think the Cuckoos come up from North Africa , sure they call it the first sign of spring :-D
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{rofwl}

I bet Al is sorry he mentioned this now.

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I have heard wood peckers too but they sound nowt like a cuckoo. {rofwl}
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Do they perchance sound like a bird, pecking wood? )grin2(

Mind you, it could be a bi-lingual woodpecker. If it saw a couple of good looking wood pigeons, then perhaps they were just calling them ..cooo...cooo...
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Look I was in the middle of the woods tending the fire under my copper still and I heard a cuckoo I know I did. )j; {rofwl}
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