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I live near a large nature reserve (wetland) in the Netherlands, and we have hundreds of bird species there, including cuckoos. In spring and summer we tend to see lots of people with really big binoculars trying to spot all kinds of birds. It always makes me laugh seeing these people raise the binoculars whenever a cuckoo calls, because when you hear them they could be miles away with how the sound carries in the open space.