Koel young

[Kim Farley via Canberrabirds <>]

Hi Jack

You will pick up the following three records in eBird, but for the interest of others too, Julie Hotchin and I reported Koel copulation in mid December at Jerra Wetlands. Is this quite late in the season and/or do they do repeat breeding? 

On 2 Jan Sue Beatty and I found a young Koel being fed by a Wattlebird at Mawson (haha, we were unsuccessfully looking for the Blue-faced Honeyeater family being seen there at the time). The next day at West Belconnen Pond I found a very young looking Koel, sitting right by a nest. It was being fed every two minutes or so by its tireless Wattlebird parent. The parent was gleaning food in the same tree for the whole 15 minutes I watched them both.

I was interested too that the begging calls of these young Koels were virtually indistinguishable from the begging calls of young Red Wattlebirds. Some may say that all young birds sound the same, but that is not really the case, to my ear.

Kim

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From: shorty via Canberrabirds <>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025, 5:38 am
Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Koel
To: Canberra birds <>

I took a video of the young Koel helping itself to the Watermelon for anyone interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUqSh0AVIfM

Shorty

On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM jandaholland--- via Canberrabirds <> wrote:

Thanks David, that’s No 29 for this season of which I’m aware, quite a few more than I expected at the end of November.  However, I’ve been away, and nearly all have been of direct directly reported to me, and I have yet to check eBird etc since Christmas Eve.  Interestingly none so far locally in Chapman/Rivett on my return, the 2 very early ones I had seem to have moved on.  Regards  Jack Holland

 

From: Canberrabirds <> On Behalf Of Dr David Rosalky via Canberrabirds
Sent: Thursday, 9 January 2025 12:54 PM
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Subject: [Canberrabirds] Koel

 

Lagging the field a little, I can finally report a dy Koel in Yarralumla.  I heard and then saw it at 11:45 at the intersection of Newdegate St and McCartney Cres.

In my own GBS precinct in Deakin, I have heard something like a begging Koel on two occasions, but no definite ID.

David Rosalky

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