They Fail as Husbands and As Wives Ogden Nash, in his poem The Cuckoo , characterised these birds as leading Bohemian lives – failing as husbands and as wives while cynically disparaging others' marriages. He was much better as a poet than an ornithologist. Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoos, this month's featured bird species, are very successful serial monogamist husbands and wives. And, as we shall see, their skills improve just that bit more year by year. Gladstone's Notebook Image courtesy Wayne Weather stone. This article is number 8 in a 12 part series. Each month we look at one of the birds recorded in Gladstone Weatherstone's notebook between 1962 and 1981, see if anything is different today and, if so, try to explain why. Gladstone was a dedicated and knowledgeable amateur naturalist who lived on Lyndfield Park near Gunning between 1941 and 1996. Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo On 24 August 1980, Gladstone wrote "First Hors...
Upper Lachlan Shire, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales