Thanks Deb and Rod, the Koel shouldn’t be here yet, and if so it would probably not be calling, though you never know following the remarkable last season.
As part of a paper being prepared for CBN tracking their rise in the ACT, I did a trawl through all COG’s Annual Bird Reports from the late 1990s, and the earliest record of a Koel is from the 2nd
GBS week of September (which starts on 11/9). This was way back in 2007-2008, and there are only 3 other years where they were first recorded in September, including 2020-2021. There is one confirmed winter record of a silent female photographed in mid June
a few of years back.
There are a number of species with which the male
ko-el call can be confused including the Pied Currawong, the one I personally can get fooled by is the Common Blackbird which has been occasionally calling around my local area over the past fortnight.
Jack Holland
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On Behalf Of shorty via Canberrabirds
Sent: Friday, 30 July 2021 5:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Is anyone else hearing Pacific Koels yet?
I also heard what sounded like a short call of a Koel at my place the other day. On investigation it was a Pied Currawong.
On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 5:29 PM Rodney & Deborah Ralph <> wrote:
thought I heard a single call from Pacific Koel today at Jerrabomberra Wetlands did not add it to the eBird list as was not 100% sure but also thought I heard one at Isabella Pond
the other day.
Is anyone else hearing them yet? Surely it is too early?
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