Last night at 8 o’clock I had 3 male Pacific/Eastern Koels in a tree in my backyard. They formed a triangle about 1.5 m from each other. They acted aggressively to each other with loud calling and what I can only describe as a tail shuffle.
Two females perched on the power line 1 m apart and 5 m from the males.
The noise from their calls was very loud. Some of the neighbours thought that they were OK, others wanted them gone. I thought they were fantastic. I have never seen 5 Koels so close together before.
Martyn Moffat
