Ryu, interesting, while there were mostly the male and female calls of whoa
whoa and kek kek kek (and their variants), respectively, in my local area of
Chapman/Rivett during February there were quite a few occasions when a male
was ko-elling, sometimes for a few minutes. You might recall this was also
the case for the male calling on the COG boat trip on 11 February.
A question which keeps arising is why do Koels, both males and
females, and unlike our other cuckoos which are usually silent after Xmas,
still call so late in the season, within a week of two of when they will be
heading N.
The theory which seems to have gained most acceptance is that they are
imprinting the call - so again why don't other cuckoos do the same? One
thing that is clear is that there are now quite a few local examples of
adults and fledgling/juvenile Koels interacting, Denise Kay's post of
yesterday is a further example.
Jack Holland
-----Original Message-----
From: Ryu Callaway
Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2018 6:58 PM
To: COG Chat
Subject: Re: Re: [canberrabirds] Koel still calling
On Saturday morning I too heard a male calling in the distance -
repetitively doing the drawn out ko-el call as they tend to do when they
first arrive, which I hadn't heard done for quite some time, as they have
usually been doing their other call.
Ryu
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> Heard one calling here in Watson on Sat morning
> Terry Munro
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> On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 at 9:10 PM, Graeme Clifton <>
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> Not calling at Carwoola, the best I can do is the White Throated Gerygone.
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> Graeme
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> On Saturday, March 3, 2018, Alison <> wrote:
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> I still have one or two (perhaps more) Koels calling each morning at
> Higgins.
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> Alison
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> From: Mark Clayton
> Sent: Saturday, 3 March 2018 7:25 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Koel still calling
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> .. and one still calling in Kaleen this morning but slowly seeming to call
> from further away from where it has spent most of its time where it has
> been all "season".
> Mark
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> On 3/03/2018 6:57 PM, calyptorhynchus . wrote:
> I've hesitated to add to the amount of discussion on Koels this
> season, but I find it extraordinary that one is still calling today in
> mid-Hughes.
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> --
> John Leonard
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