YAK (Yet Another Koel)

[Philip Veerman <>]

Don’t know about if it is a different one from the one noted in January but I had one at home yesterday. Only got very quick views. Has a long tail, has a lot more black plumage around head and neck, calling (begging call) a lot. Appeared to be attended by 4 RW and watched closely by currawongs.

 

Philip

 

From: Canberrabirds [ On Behalf Of Nick Payne via Canberrabirds
Sent: Monday, 8 March, 2021 12:52 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] YAK (Yet Another Koel)

 

A juvenile Koel visited our birdbath (alone) yesterday afternoon. Suburb of Griffith.

 

NIck Payne

 

On 8/03/2021 11:35 am, Terry Munro via Canberrabirds wrote:

I have heard my second juvenile Koel for this season just now. The first on 2 Mar. This season there has been a lot of Koel activity & four Wattle bird nests. Three of these nests have each fledged two young, the fourth was abandonded. We have had a lot of Wattle birds, Noisy Friar birds, Noisy Miners with juveniles feeding on the lerp infested Eucs in front of my place. I believe I can report two juvenile Koels. The one I'm hearing & seeing now is being fed. The one on the 2nd sounds different & was not being fed

Terry Munro

On Sat, 6 Mar 2021 at 10:22 AM, <> wrote:

Many thanks John, it has been an incredibly prolonged Koel fledgling season
compared with those recently, and yours is No 223 (the minimum).  This week
I've had 4 in or within a few 100 metres of my GBS site, one of which like
yours is a relatively recent fledgling with quite a short tail and still not
moving far.  Quite a few others still at this stage have also recently been
reported.  Jack Holland

-----Original Message-----
From: Canberrabirds <> On
Behalf Of John Brannan
Sent: Saturday, 6 March 2021 9:28 AM
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Subject: YAK (Yet Another Koel)

Another dependent bird in my garden in Florey this morning, being fed by Red
Wattlebirds. It was still completely dependent, making no effort to feed
itself, and had quite a short tail. When a curious currawong approached, it
went quiet and literally pulled its head in, turning into large ball plus
tail.
John

 

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