Ditto in E Dickson: the females arrived over the last week, and
are very apparent aurally and visually. Host species are putting
a lot of energy into encouraging the Koels to go away.
Isobel.
On 26/11/18 at 5:19 PM, (Jack & Andrea
Holland) wrote:
>While their relatively late arrival and, at least in my local
>area, much more ko-el calling than in previous year, seemed to
>promise a different and quieter Koel season, events of the past
>couple of days seem to have turned things on their head.
>
>After hearing my first female less than a week ago, Koel
>activity around my place in Rivett/Chapman over the past two
>days has increased significantly, with a party of at least
>three birds calling/disputing, including in or near my GBS
>site, for much of the day. This has consisted of a male still
>giving pretty much continuous and persistent ko-el calls, and
>less frequently another male giving the whoa call (the two can
>often be heard at the same time) accompanied by a female’s
>kek kek kekking, or at least early on, a different call
>sounding more like a Dollarbird. I susoect that this activity
>may relate to a now completed Red Wattlebird nest in a
>flowering plum just above eye level outside our bedroom window.
>So I’ll be keeping a close eye on this, as I will be on a
>nest in a hakea bush at the corner of Hindmarsh Drive/Darwinia
>Tce in Duffy, where a similar (possibly the same) party was
>present yesterday morning and the female dived into it
>vigorously pursued by 2 Red Wattlebirds, before very soon
>exiting while still being harassed.
>
>
>Jack Holland
>
>
>
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