Very interesting, and some great photos Stuart. The difference in
colours between the young and older fledglings is quite impressive – the five
I’ve seen locally this year and last were obviously older ones. Despite
this the one first seen on 20 January 2015 was still sitting quietly sunning
itself this morning in the same exotic tree I found it in, though it did move a
bit and give a few calls after a while. I thought the second one had gone
yesterday, but I found it a few houses along this morning.
Given the closeness of two of the fledglings in Rivett/Chapman both last
and this year, I’ve been wondering too whether the same female had laid the
eggs. Certainly I’ve never seen or heard more than 1 male in the area this
year, but based on the calls the males do seem to be pretty mobile some times,
and there could well be two or more. It still is calling pretty regularly
mostly around 7 am, and my experience is that there will still be some calling
until they leave at the end of February/early March. You might have seen
my previous comments on this chat line and in my Gang-gang column about possible
interaction of adult cuckoos with fledglings.
Regards
Jack Holland
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Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 12:45 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] young Koels
With so many fledgling Koels being seen/heard recently I posted a
piece on my blog about two in our garden yesterday.
http://stuartrae.blogspot.com
Stuart
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