http://www.migrantwatch.in/blog/2009/05/25/first-pied-cuckoo-sighted-in-kolkata-on-17th-may/ tracking bird migration across india Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:54:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-aortic-dissection http://www.migrantwatch.in/blog/2009/05/25/first-pied-cuckoo-sighted-in-kolkata-on-17th-may/#comment-4679 Shreesh Kshirsagar Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:05:08 +0000 http://migrantwatch.in/blog/?p=4#comment-4679 Many people confuse these two birds.. Chaatak is a monsoon visitor, and Pawasha is a local one. Pied Cuckoo is Chaatak. Many people confuse these two birds.. Chaatak is a monsoon visitor, and Pawasha is a local one. Pied Cuckoo is Chaatak.

]]> http://www.migrantwatch.in/blog/2009/05/25/first-pied-cuckoo-sighted-in-kolkata-on-17th-may/#comment-4678 Shreesh Kshirsagar Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:03:21 +0000 http://migrantwatch.in/blog/?p=4#comment-4678 I am afraid , this is not a Pawasha. This is simply Chaatak !! I am afraid , this is not a Pawasha. This is simply Chaatak !!

]]> http://www.migrantwatch.in/blog/2009/05/25/first-pied-cuckoo-sighted-in-kolkata-on-17th-may/#comment-165 Raj Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:04:23 +0000 http://migrantwatch.in/blog/?p=4#comment-165 A Pied Crested Cuckoo dashed against the glass of my office and was dazed. Karuna animal welfare revived the bird and helped her regain her strength. She was a pretty one... And it rained yesterday :) A Pied Crested Cuckoo dashed against the glass of my office and was dazed. Karuna animal welfare revived the bird and helped her regain her strength. She was a pretty one… And it rained yesterday

]]> http://www.migrantwatch.in/blog/2009/05/25/first-pied-cuckoo-sighted-in-kolkata-on-17th-may/#comment-2 Shriram Vaijapurkar Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:26:01 +0000 http://migrantwatch.in/blog/?p=4#comment-2 Dear Kshounish Sankar Ray You are lucky to watch first Pied Cuckoo at Kolkata. Congrats! I followed you on 25th May. In Marathi local language we call it. "Pavasha"-the Bird which gives intimation of Paus or rain. Pavasha sings a song "Perte vha! Perte vha!!" means "start sowing, Rain is comming!" The people know that It is a rain bird. Dear Kshounish Sankar Ray
You are lucky to watch first Pied Cuckoo at Kolkata. Congrats! I followed you on 25th May. In Marathi local language we call it. “Pavasha”-the Bird which gives intimation of Paus or rain. Pavasha sings a song “Perte vha! Perte vha!!” means “start sowing, Rain is comming!”
The people know that It is a rain bird.

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