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Date: 8/11/2008 3:48:41 PM
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Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Koels, et al
Hi Karen!
Believe this or not, you are not Robinson Crusoe in this sense of wonder and excitement in regarding birdwatching. I doubt if there is or have been any birdo who if still alive at 100 years old wouldn't get a thrill when birdwatching and this is main reason why they do it. Basically they are "Thrill Freaks" and after a while and although they still get a thrill they don't freak out every time once it becomes a common occurrence. These Koels are now extremely common and are heard rather more than frequently at any time ,day or night. I would like you to, as way of an experiment, to play any song (or even a Koel recording) of your choice,on the hour, every hour for week and then tell me it still thrills you when you hear it at the weeks end.
Cheers
Bob Rusk
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Date: 8/11/2008 8:10:20 AM
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Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Koels, et al
As a newer birder (2nd year in), thanks to ?older? (rather than ?elder?) participants for your comments in support of the not so experienced. May I just say that, for me, every bird I discover is usually the result of an absolute labour of persistence (except for the Drongo, which is being a right drongo), so well rewarded by even the most fleeting of sightings. It is from this very chatline that I don my shabby bins, my walking shoes and my considerable enthusiasm, and go forthwith to advised location.
Personally, as with all birds I see for the first time, I won?t forget my first sighting of a Koel calling stridently from its tree in Kambah, which I thought (with all the innocent pleasure I manage to muster each time I see even a Whistler, Grey Shrike-thrush, Fairy-wren or common little Sparrow) was just fantastic, and what this is all about.
I hope I never lose the sense of wonder and excitement I get from seeing my first, or even my fiftieth, sighting of these magnificent creatures. Please don?t lose yours or forget what it was like when you were first undertaking your individual voyages of discovery.
Karen : )
From: Sharon Rusk [
Sent: Friday, 7 November 2008 10:27 PM
To: COG
Subject: [canberrabirds] Koels
I cannot believe the length and number of discussions that have been generated over this Cuckoo. A bird with the most irritating and monotonous call known, and why anyone in their correct mind would want to know where it can be found so they can listen to it again is beyond me. It is sometimes called the fever bird and according to folk lore supposed to send some people mad. I can now see some evidence supporting this so called "Old wives tale" with those smitten being commonly called "Cuckoo"!, not without reason I may add!
PS- Alistair's syringe al expansion has left me aphonic! But I agree "I think"!
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