Thanks Bruce, on my arrival home today I could hear two calls, and see the
large one calling in my neighbour’s Chinese elm, and trace the second to a much
smaller (but still highly coloured) bird close to the corner of Darwinia Tce and
Angophora St Rivett, less than 200 m away.
So despite the seemingly low Koel activity nearby this season, at least two
have fledged locally. Now that I know the call I now suspect there was one
last year as well in the same shrubbery off the lane last year but it remained
hidden from view (perhaps a younger bird?).
Jack Holland
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Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 5:06 PM
To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] Koel
This morning around 7.45, in a lane about 100m from my place in Chapman
(and about 30m from Jack Holland’s) I was puzzled by a repeated loud “a row”
bird call, which on inspection turned out to be a quite advanced juvenile
Eastern Koel, being fed by Red Wattlebirds. Almost certainly the same or one of
the same birds reported recently, by Jack.
Cheers,
Bruce
