In Britain there is a literary tradition associated with the First
Cuckoo of Spring.
Perhaps Canberra could respond with literary responses to the Last
Koel of Autumn? To get things off to an appalling start, I offer the
following:
At Oh Six Hundred
Ten/Three,
Twenty Fifteen,
The Turner Koel called.
A Koel tick!
COG databased,
as a mere incidental,
It fell silent.
Was it prey to the Autumnal siren call
of warmer climes?
Or was it playing Tantalus?
Will the mere possibility of the Last Koel
Silently steal my sleep?
On 10/03/2015 10:11 AM, Daryl King
wrote:
We have had a juvenile koel in our garden since 16 Feb - fed by
wattlebirds. Yesterday, an adult male koel visited the garden
briefly, calling several times ("whirra" call). The juvenile
(which usually begs constantly) sat quietly in a nearby tree
during the adult's visit.
Daryl
On 10/03/2015 8:27 AM, Mark Clayton
wrote:
When I commented in my email yesterday
that the last time I heard the Kaleen Koel was Saturday, who
should pop up calling at 0628 this morning but the Kaleen
Koel, so he is still around. I gather from an email sent to
me by Jack Holland that both Barbara A and Christine D still
have Koels around. In fact Christine sent me an email that
she had 4 Koels in her garden yesterday. I will keep an ear
out to see if the local bird calls any more over the next
few days.
Mark
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