Hi All – There has been a lot of “chat” about the Koel over the summer
period with its haunting, persistent calling. It is described in my version of
Simpson and Day as a “partial” migrant. I read also there is an Asian
Koel.
A friend of mine has just returned from a yoga holiday at a little island
called Koh Samui in Thailand where she recorded a bird call and then did the
same near her home in Sydney as she thought they were the same bird species and
asked me to identify the bird in question. This was not difficult as it was
clearly the Koel.
This got me to wondering whether the Eastern Koel migrates through
Thailand or is it simply the Asian version with the same call – any
thoughts/experiences?
Yours in birding
Ray
