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Hi !
Over the last couple of weeks the Red Wattlebirds have been collecting together in flocks up to a dozen or so. They don't seem to be travelling in any particular direction, but definitely grouping so they could possibly be preparing to leave when the time is right.
I've been keeping an eye on the Ospreys nest on top of a Telecom tower, and while seeing the pair on the nest its difficult to say if there's anything in it. It's up near the Ulladulla tip, to find it, turn left at Green St, the Post Office is on the corner , go to the top, turning right into Slaughter House Rd, past the tip by app 200mts and the telecom tower is on the right. There's a property right next to the tower but do not even ask to go in there, the owner is very irate as a lot of people have entered without permission. He refused me entry but said at least I had asked and had been the only one to do so. If you travel another 100 mtrs or so, you can park at the side of the road. A scope would be handy.
Cheers
Bob Rusk
PS- remember,do not be rude and sneak onto some-ones property, You must ask permission to enter .
PSS- If permission is refused its then you maybe rude and sneak onto some-ones property
Essage-------
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Date: 31/07/2008 9:41:10 AM
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Koel
Geoffrey and others,
What about looking at this record from a breeding perspective rather than food? The main host here for them is the Red Wattlebird, and they do start breeding early. Maybe koels are arriving earlier to catch that first wattlebird breeding attempt?
It would be brilliant to get some confirmed koel breeding records for our patch.
Anthony
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From: Geoffrey Dabb [
Sent: Thursday, 31 July 2008 9:01 AM
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Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Koel
Before we have the annual ?early koel? discussion, may I recapitulate the following from last year.
On 25 Sept Geoff Duggan relayed a report from Yass. This led Barbara Allan to advise that the earliest RP record was 8 Sept 1989 and that ?there were very few records before November?. Martin B contributed that there were several GBS records in 2002 for the second week of October but in most other years they were ?a week or two later than that?.
In the same exchange I drew attention to a report that year by Stu Harris of one in Hughes on August 11.
The usual stream of reports began with a bird in Hawker-Macquarie-Weetangera on 25 October.
Ian?s report may be the earliest yet, perhaps indicating a new trend, and it would be useful to have it confirmed. Also any news of what it can find to eat at this time of year.
Most of the above is gleaned from the chatline archive, which exists for such purposes.
From: Ian Hodgson [
Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2008 10:02 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Koel
I have just rejoined the list after a 6 week holiday absence, so don?t know what the recent sightings have been, but we heard a koel calling last night in Weetangera. That seems very early compared with last year, when I think we first heard it at the end of November.
Ian Hodgson
Weetangera
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