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.
>
> 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?
>
> 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 <>
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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
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>> 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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