School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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- (continued from previous page)middle of June, she "changes her tune". She flies away in August. The Cuckoo is a grey bird with brown spots on her breast. Sometimes we see a small bird, which is called the Riabhóg, following the Cuckoo.
- The Cuckoo builds no nest of her own but lays her eggs in another bird's nest.
- The Cuckoo is a migratory bird which stays in Ireland during the summer and goes away to the warmer countries in Winter. She is the laziest bird of all - - -. When the young cuckoo comes out, it hunts the other young birds out of the nest.
- The Starling has a very sweet voice. She is like the Blackbird but if you are up near her, there is a big difference between them. The colour of her feathers is light blue & each feather is brown on the top. Starlings live in flocks. They fly differently from the Blackbird. The Starling walks, but nearly all other birds hop. She builds her nest under roofs of houses & in holes in walls. She uses withered weeds & hay to build. The colour of her eggs is white & she stays three weeks on them. When the young hatch out, she goes looking for food which consists of worms & ivy berries. She goes away for the summer & comes back for the winter.
- Collector
- John Forde
- Gender
- Male
