On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 08:24:58AM +1000, scouler wrote:
> It's 1815 hours (shortly after dark) on Tuesday 25 May and I've just
> heard the unmistakeable calls of a Common Koel outside my home at
> Glenbrook in the lower Blue Mountains. This is much later in the season
> than I have ever encountered a CK. I'd be interested in any comments on
> very late reports of CKs, and any records of them overwintering in
> southern Australia.
I saw an over-wintering Koel at Bluegum Swamp in the lower Blue Mountains
about 20 years ago. I'd have to search through piles of paper to find
the details but I believe it was June. I heard the bird calling and
then obtained close views of it. I identified it as female but I was
fairly new to birdwatching, so maybe it was an immature.
I remember Terry Lindsay saying he wouldn't have believed my sighting
but there had been other reports elsewhere that winter. Reports may be
few but I think its actually to be expected that at least an occasional
koels over-winters.
Andrew Taylor
--------------------------------------------
Birding-Aus is now on the Web at
www.birding-aus.org
--------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message 'unsubscribe
birding-aus' (no quotes, no Subject line)
to
|
