Koel

[Robin Hide <>]

A few minutes ago (4.45pm ), the (or a) Ainslie Koel flew over our garden
in Toms Crescent heading eastwards towards Corroboree Park/Mt Ainslie. It
had been calling faintly on and off during the afternoon - I would
estimate more than 500 m away to in a westerly direction. Not heard this
morning, but it called all day yesterday in close vicinity (less than 200
m away), mostly Hargraves Crescent/Corroboree Park area.

I have almost identical photos (high in two tree tops) to that posted by
Geoffrey Dabb this morning...(taken 16 and 18 th November) 

This is probably the same Ainslie bird that Michael Lenz reported this
morning. 
e.g. Subject: [canberrabirds] koel
A koel has been calling before and at every
dawn chorus heard from Ainslie since I have been back. But, of course,
the call carries well in the quiet early morning so I cannot tell its
exact location. I think the birds are no longer much of a
rarity?

Robin Hide

Robin
At 02:32 PM 2/12/2007, you wrote:
> It would be interesting to know
> how many Koels there are in Canberra.  I feel a lot of the
> sightings, or rather hearings, probably relate to the same bird. 
> The Macquarie Koel has been present most days since I first heard it on
> 22 October.  Sometimes it sounds very close, other times very
> distant.  It was fairly close this morning at about 
> 4.30am.
>
> Regards
> Frank
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: "Mark Clayton" 
> Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:06:53 +1100
> To: 
> Subject: Koel
>
> > Morning all, 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > A Pacific Koel calling in either central or north western Kaleen at
> 0515
> > this morning after all the rain. The bird only called for about 2
> minutes.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> > 
> >