Tuesday May 28 2002This weekend we met Newcastle Ray. Like ourselves he occasionaly takes a drive out the road but he usually goes in a different direction to us. This time he went down to Robertstown. We have been there many times. But he got a bonus while he was there. He heard a Cukoo. I haven't heard a Cukoo for about 5 years and I would say that most people haven't heard one for much longer than that. We seem to get fewer and fewer of them now. At one time, a year wouldn't pass without hearing one. The last time I heard one, was on the Grand Canal near the Lyons Estate. I must take a wander out that way again and see if anything is going on.