canberrabirds

Koels

To: Ryu Callaway <>, "" <>
Subject: Koels
From: Jack & Andrea Holland <>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 20:22:07 +0000
Very interesting Ryu,
 
Koel activity certainly seems higher than in previous years, this morning a male was calling much closer to our house, and as I went to investigate I could hear a female calling kek kek kek excitedly as well.  This continued with the latter in particular seeming to move around a lot.  I saw one male being pursued by a currawong, then could hear two males calling (interestingly both almost all koeling this morning) well apart, as well as the female who then flew past me.  This all lasted around 15 minutes from 6:30, but has been quiet since. 
 
Jack Holland
 
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Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 10:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Koels
 
Interesting read (I still hadn't gotten around to reading it, still only half way through the 2014-15 ABR).
Last year, the only record I had in my GBS area was 1 bird on 8/11/15 prior to finding a large fledgling on 6/1/16. On the 22nd I had 2 juvs in adjacent trees (1 would have been the same one as earlier), and 2 vocal adults on the 31st and the juvs were not seen again.

After I posted, definitely 2 birds still making their presence known at 7:40pm, but still think possibly a third bird. Very agitated with a lot of movement and calling nonetheless. Suspect roosting nearby.

Ryu

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