The one I reported from Rivett last week was still there at 7:30 this
morning, it has become increasingly bold and easy to find over the past 9 days,
though always still within 50 m of where I first found it.
Red Wattlebirds were still close to it, though I didn’t actually see
feeding take place. Interestingly one of these was a fledgling, though
calling quite softly compared with the loud and quite advanced one in my GBS
site which has fooled me many times over the past week into thinking it may be a
young Koel. I couldn’t help wondering if the similarity of the calls is
another factor causing the host bird to feed it?
Jack Holland
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Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 12:45 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] young Koel and Black Kite
This morning a young Koel in the median strip of Northbourne Avenue
in Lyneham (at the level of the Motor Registry, it could fly well, but still
constantly begging and frequently fed by Red Wattlebirds.
Later in the morning 1 Black Kite circling over the Yowani Golf club.
Michael Lenz
