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Koel in Fraser

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Subject: Koel in Fraser
From: "Geoffrey Dabb" <>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:42:38 +1100
One should be careful about offering impressions without counting, but I
think the current spate of reports (whatever prompts them - I have had
calling for 2 weeks) is about the same as last year  -  which was certainly
an exceptional year.  A few months ago I summarised dates of last year's
reports in anticipation of more discussion.

It remains for us to receive a re-airing of Michael Lenz's excellent
suggestion of last year for some assessment to be made of number of
individuals.  This leads to a discussion of the audible range of the calls.
We had evidence of their carrying for more than a kilometre, which means
different suburbs could be reporting the same individual. 



-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Milburn  
Sent: Thursday, 6 November 2008 9:12 AM
To: 
Subject: Koel in Fraser

Koel caliing in O'Connor/Turner this morning.  I went out to look for 
it but it found me instead.  It alighted in a large Blakely's Red Gum 
right opposite our house.

I don't recall so many spring observations  in previous years.  It 
looks as though this species has undergone a significant change of 
status.  Interestingly, Red Wattlebird breeding activity is the 
highest I have observed in our area.  The sound of begging young is 
omnipresent.  Is there a link?

Milburn

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