Thanks Stephanie and congratulations on surely the first
ever confirmed breeding of the species in the ACT. I didn't know from your
first message if the observation was local. I'm glad I wrote in my GBS Report
for the Koel: "No breeding records – yet." As in, I knew it
would happen soon.
Philip
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From: Stephanie Haygarth [
Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 2:43 PM
To:
Subject: Koel fed by wattlebirds
At Martin's request, here are instructions for finding the above
on
Mt Ainslie:
Go to the top of Tyson St, where it joins Duffy St, and cross into
the reserve from there. Get onto the fire trail on the other side
of
the levee, then turn right and follow it along 40 metres or so to
where it diverges, one part going up the hill and the other
following
the levee — that diverging point is the spot. The nest is in a
tree
on the left (slightly uphill) of the track, in what looks like an
old
and long-dead mistletoe cluster, and the tree where I first saw
the
koel is a large flowering eucalypt on the right (with prominent
mistletoe growth), right beside the levee bank. The little plum/
prunus from which it gets its plums is in almost a direct line
across
the levee to the backyards beyond, growing over a dividing fence.
At
present you can walk across the levee at that point without
getting
very muddy.
Stephanie
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