Then I filmed the chick:
10 minutes later I returned to the nest, but it was wrecked, the chick was gone, and a Great Lizard Cuckoo was in the tree a few feet away, still swallowing something.
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Saturday, April 6, 2019
Great Lizard Cuckoo eats Cassie's Chick
Sad news. This morning at 7.30 the chick was on the edge of the nest and I filmed the mother feeding him.
Then I filmed the chick:
10 minutes later I returned to the nest, but it was wrecked, the chick was gone, and a Great Lizard Cuckoo was in the tree a few feet away, still swallowing something.
Then I filmed the chick:
10 minutes later I returned to the nest, but it was wrecked, the chick was gone, and a Great Lizard Cuckoo was in the tree a few feet away, still swallowing something.
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