Since my presentation to the 12 February COG/Canberra Birds meeting now nearly 2 weeks I have had only 5 reports of clearly new Koel fledglings. Also, I haven’t heard or seen one locally (or anywhere else for that matter) for well over
2 weeks, and I’m starting to feel that the expected bumper season is coming to a surprisingly early end, with the likely total very similar to (or even below) the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 seasons of around 170 fledglings reported.
Has anyone seen/heard a Koel fledgling recently that hasn’t been put on eBird or reported directly to me? If so, I would be very grateful for some brief details, such as date and place, length of the tail and amount of black around the
head/chin, as well as the host if possible?
Many thanks
Jack Holland
