http://migrantwatch.in/blog/2009/05/25/first-pied-cuckoo-sighted-in-kolkata-on-17th-may/ News and updates on bird migration in India Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:05:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://migrantwatch.in/blog/2009/05/25/first-pied-cuckoo-sighted-in-kolkata-on-17th-may/comment-page-1/#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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