Females usually arrive a little later, but are less likely to be detected. Might be here, might not be. First female sighting will be of interest.
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.
