The Red Wattlebirds near me have already nested. Chicks may have left the nest by this morning. They bred around the same time last year, before the Koels came
in.
From: Con Boekel [
Sent: Wednesday, 10 October 2018 11:19 AM
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Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Koels calling
Is it all in the timing?
This morning I found the half shell of a Red Wattlebird's egg.
regards
Con
On 10/10/2018 9:14 AM, Dr David Rosalky wrote:
Male Koel calling near my home in Deakin this morning.
David R
From: Jack & Andrea Holland
Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2018 8:07 PM
To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] Koels calling
After hearing my first male Koel calling (both calls) across Darwinia Tce in Rivett around 8:15 this morning I followed up similar calling (mainly koel) this afternoon and found
2 males in the small park about 300 m from our house.
Celia Hindmarsh first reported a male calling from very close by a week ago on 2 October. Interestingly this is a favourite location in the area for Koels and was the core area
for 2 fledglings which spent over 3 weeks there in January/February.
Interesting also is that Celia’s is the only record so far this season on the eBird map, others of course may have been put on GBS charts etc.
