Norfolk birders know the hoopoe as a spring and autumn passage migrant, but only in small numbers. |
Except for the hoopoe and the walled-in hornbills, the young are fed by both parents. |
The eggs are usually white but, in the hoopoe, may be olive, brownish, bluish, or greenish and are sometimes spotted. |
Whether the following bird is meant for the hoopoe, or the Lapwing, I know not. |
The Indian hoopoe is common in India but is only a migratory bird in the southeastern part of the region. |
This probably explains the names of the chough, crake, hoopoe, kittiwake, pipit, shrike, twite and whimbrel. |