News articles about Pied Cuckoo arrival in 2011.

Tracking the cuckoo. By Marianne de Nazareth, The Hindu, 5 June 2011.
Please note this clarification. The article says that MigrantWatch data shows that the arrival of the Pied Cuckoo does not herald the onset of the monsoon. On the contrary, our conclusion (based on 2009 and 2010 sightings) was that “Pied Cuckoos often do arrive at a location before the monsoon does, but the degree to which they do so varies with location and year.”

African bugler of Indian monsoon is back. By Vikram Jit Singh, Times of India, Chandigarh, 7 June 2011.
Vikram is a keen MigrantWatcher!

Call of the cuckoo brings hope of rain. The Telegraph, Kolkata, 7 June 2011.
Note the comment from the director of IMD Bhubaneswar: “There is no confirmed scientific finding to relate the arrival of the monsoon clouds with the birds.” In fact, MigrantWatchers have contributed data to show that there is!

You can see all recent Pied Cuckoo sightings here.