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Hello
Michael,
Nice Koel
picture.
About the
Spotted Dove. I would suggest that their status has
changed rather little although I don't know what was your last time in Canberra. There are still small numbers
around. You ask Are they now common? I would say no, although with the proviso that I can't define
"common" and be sure we mean the same thing. The advantage of COG is that we
have the GBS so if you and everyone else contributes to that, we can keep actual
data to provide numbers to back up words like
"common".
Philip
G'day
Everyone,
I have recently moved back to Canberra and
have been reading with interest the reports of birds in Canberra on this list.
Since we moved in to our house in Nicholls in mid-Jan I have seen and heard
Koels most mornings and even in the early evening. This morning one male allowed
himself to be photographed in our front yard and while he was sitting there
another male was calling to the south. I have also been walking around Gungahlin
Pond regularly and have seen Koels on the western side every three days or
so.
One other bird that I have noticed around here is
the Spotted Dove. I recall from my last time in Canberra that there was some
interest in their spread into the ACT. The most I have seen in one go is 3
although in the last week or so they have not been around. Are they now
common?
Michael Kingsford
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