After thinking my Koel fledgling season was well and truly over, not having seen one since 1 March, I heard the unmistakable begging and traced it to a spindly gum in amongst the casuarinas on the E side of the Stirling netball courts this
afternoon. Without binoculars it seemed quite brown under but still appeared to have a golden crown and the tail did not appear to be fully developed. It was attended by a couple of Red Wattlebirds. It’s pretty late though still not as late as a couple
in the bumper 2020-2021 season. Jack Holland
