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Canberrabirds Digest, Vol 28, Issue 28

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Subject: Canberrabirds Digest, Vol 28, Issue 28
From: Jenny Bell via Canberrabirds <>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 02:14:00 +0000
Our koels (at least two) in Palmerston seem to have gone.  We haven't heard 
them for 3 or 4 days now.

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>   1. Re: Koel fledgling (Mark Clayton)
>   2. Re: Koel fledgling (Isobel Crawford)
>   3. Re: Koel fledgling (Rods Gardening)
>   4. access to Gigerline NR on eastern bank of Murumbigee
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> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 08:36:23 +1100
> From: Mark Clayton <>
> To: Anthony Overs <>,  Terry Munro
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> Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Koel fledgling
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> There has been a sudden rush of koel chicks in my area in Kaleen recently. On 
> the 17th I reported two in my yard to Jack H, one of which had obviously 
> literally only just left the nest. This last bird, almost as small as its 
> adopted ?parents?, has been driving us crazy with its constant beginning call 
> as it sits in a banksia just off my back deck demanding food from its two Red 
> Wattlebird ?parents?. At one point it was sitting on the railing of the deck 
> at the back of the house. Surprisingly even though they are often within half 
> a metre of the chick, Pied Currawongs are not doing anything to harass the 
> bird.
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> FYI Jack H ? on the 23rd my wife recorded two individual chicks at the Kaleen 
> Plaza on Georgina Circuit. 
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> Mark
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> From: Anthony Overs via Canberrabirds
> Sent: Saturday, 25 February 2023 5:48 PM
> To: Terry Munro
> Cc: Canberra Birds
> Subject: [Canberrabirds] Koel fledgling
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> It was bound to happen I guess. The wattlebird pair that nest in the 
> neighbour?s yard have raised a Koel, for the first time. It fledged on 9 
> February, and has been calling incessantly.?
> 
> Cheers?
> Anthony?
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> cc: Jack fyi?
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> On 25 Feb 2023, at 5:34 pm, Terry Munro via Canberrabirds 
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> The Koel that fledged on 2 Feb is still being fed here in Watson?
> Terry Munro
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> On Sat, 25 Feb 2023 at 3:56 pm, Lyndon Howe <> wrote:
> ? They are still around! 
> A young Koel was being fed by 2 Red Wattlebirds at the back of my house, at
> 11 am this morning. Image taken on Mt. Rogers, Flynn. 
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> Lyndon Howe.
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> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 09:02:05 +1100
> From: Isobel Crawford <>
> To: Mark Clayton <>
> Cc: Anthony Overs <>, Terry Munro
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> Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Koel fledgling
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> One Koel fledgling all too apparent E of Dickson Wetland over last 36 hours.
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>> On 26 Feb 2023, at 8:37 am, Mark Clayton via Canberrabirds 
>> <> wrote:
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>> There has been a sudden rush of koel chicks in my area in Kaleen recently. 
>> On the 17th I reported two in my yard to Jack H, one of which had obviously 
>> literally only just left the nest. This last bird, almost as small as its 
>> adopted ?parents?, has been driving us crazy with its constant beginning 
>> call as it sits in a banksia just off my back deck demanding food from its 
>> two Red Wattlebird ?parents?. At one point it was sitting on the railing of 
>> the deck at the back of the house. Surprisingly even though they are often 
>> within half a metre of the chick, Pied Currawongs are not doing anything to 
>> harass the bird.
>> 
>> FYI Jack H ? on the 23rd my wife recorded two individual chicks at the 
>> Kaleen Plaza on Georgina Circuit.
>> 
>> Mark
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>> Sent from Mail for Windows
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>> From: Anthony Overs via Canberrabirds
>> Sent: Saturday, 25 February 2023 5:48 PM
>> To: Terry Munro
>> Cc: Canberra Birds
>> Subject: [Canberrabirds] Koel fledgling
>> 
>> It was bound to happen I guess. The wattlebird pair that nest in the 
>> neighbour?s yard have raised a Koel, for the first time. It fledged on 9 
>> February, and has been calling incessantly. 
>> 
>> Cheers 
>> Anthony 
>> 
>> cc: Jack fyi 
>> 
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>> On 25 Feb 2023, at 5:34 pm, Terry Munro via Canberrabirds 
>> <> wrote:
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>> ?
>> The Koel that fledged on 2 Feb is still being fed here in Watson 
>> Terry Munro
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>> On Sat, 25 Feb 2023 at 3:56 pm, Lyndon Howe <> wrote:
>>  They are still around! 
>> A young Koel was being fed by 2 Red Wattlebirds at the back of my house, at
>> 11 am this morning. Image taken on Mt. Rogers, Flynn. 
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>> Lyndon Howe.
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> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 12:38:12 +1100
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> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 12:59:23 +1100
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> Is there any clarification on this? This morning I went to Angle Crossing
> and there seems to be no trace of a path leading north along the eastern
> bank of the river, sadly.
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