In Townsville I have had 2 individual Juv Eastern Koels in my suburban garden
this week. The one this morning is still molting from an immature to juvenile
plumage and it is still making begging calls of Blue-faced Honeyeaters, which I
presume is the host. This seems very late even this far north.
Cheers
Ivor Preston
On 17/04/2010, at 6:50 PM, Allan Benson wrote:
> In the last couple of days I have twice observed a juvenile Eastern Koel
> being fed by a Little Wattlebird.
>
> This is unusual for two reasons. Firstly, this really late sighting for
> a Koel at Ourimbah (Central Coast NSW). I have not seen a Koel for month
> or so in my neighbour. They are usually gone by around March. Secondly,
> Little Wattlebirds are not the preferred host. The more usual hosts are
> Red Wattlebirds and Noisy Friarbirds.
>
> There was considerable Koel activity earlier in the year. There were 3
> male Koels showing lots of interest in 1 female and I actually witnessed
> a "head bobbing" display between 2 males
>
> Best Regards
>
> Allan Benson
>
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