FW: [canberrabirds] young Koel

["Geoffrey Dabb" <>]

Another one in Yarralumla this morning

 

 

From: Jack & Andrea Holland [
Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2015 2:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] young Koel

 

Thanks Geoffrey, while I agree the begging certainly gets much louder when the host RWB approaches with food, I hadn’t really appreciated the actual change in sound – I’ll listen out for this next time I visit.  Jack Holland

 

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Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 1:44 PM

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Subject: FW: [canberrabirds] young Koel

 

I haven’t had a lot of experience with these, but I think the ‘reminder’ call, a persistent monotonous ‘kleep’ (every few seconds) that I’ve heard at several sites should be distinguished from the ‘begging’ call when a host approaches with food.  This is a more animated ‘keark-keark-keark’.  Both kinds of call have something in common with those of  the young of other species in comparable situations.