Dear all,
I was in my backyard on Sunday morning (August 3) in the northern suburbs
of Brisbane and heard the unmistakeable call of a Common Koel. It spent
only about a minute making its usual repettive single note call, then went
into a short burst of its more excitable ululating call. Then it stopped. I
did not see the bird. This is either a very early migrant or there is
something out there doing a very good imitation of a Koel. I have noticed
that the resident Koels in our area during the warmer months seem to arrive
relatively late. Each year on Birding-Aus there are numbers of reports of
Koels well down into NSW before our residents move in. Perhaps they winter
further north? I was in Mackay about a month ago and there was a Koel
calling there too, but only one.
Perhaps some of the more northerly contibuters to Birding-Aus could make
some comments on the wintering of this species?
Regards
Greg
Greg Anderson, PhD
Head, Iron Metabolism Laboratory
Population Health and Human Genetics Division
Queensland Institute of Medical Research
P.O. Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, Queensland 4029, Australia
Tel: +61-(0)7-3362-0187
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