Hello members/subscribers
I’m in the process of drafting a short paper for CBN about Koel fledglings this year. As for the past few years I’ve been keeping a count of the observations posted on the COG chat line or sent directly to me. My tally is now 44 (including upwards of
6 in my local patch), compared with around 30 for the past couple of years.
So if you’ve observed a koel fledgling and haven’t reported it on either of these two channels I’d be very grateful for some brief information, including the date, locality and if possible the host species feeding it (usually a Red Wattlebird).
I’m also interested if anyone is still recording either adult or fledgling Koels, while the last of these reported on the COG chat line is from about 12 March, the most recent one from the eBird Australia web site is from Garran on 19 March.
Finally I’d be interested if you think it has been a good, average or poor year for Koels in your local patch. In mine it was probably the most active yet, though the last adult/fledgling left early around 22 February. Others such as Barbara Allan in
Page and Terry Munro in Watson, where koels have been active previously including multiple fledglings, seem to have had a poor year compared with previous.
Many thanks in anticipation
Jack Holland
