Alan Morris's misunderstanding

[Jack Shapiro <>]

Hi Alan,

You have misunderstood me.

I especially made note of the absence of Wattlebirds, hence questioned whether Koels would use Pied Currwongs or Noisy Miners as host.   I am aware of the host status of Pied Currawongs to Pied Currwongs.  I surmised that in the absence of Wattlebirds, the pair of Koels would try to use Currwongs, or (less likely) Noisy Miners nests - the only choice available to them!

Jack

On 22/11/2004, at 11:19 AM, Alan Morris wrote:

> Hi Birders,
> I was interested to read the note about the Koel Cuckoos seen by Jack
> Shapiro at North Cremorne.
>
> However Jack has it wrong about Koel hosts, Pied Currawongs are hosts for
> Channel-billed Cuckoos, not Koel Cuckoos. In Northern NSW and Queensland,
> the main hosts for Koel Cuckoos are Figbirds, Olive-backed Orioles, Noisy
> Friarbirds and Magpielarks. In the Newcastle-Sydney-Wollongong con-curban
> areas, the major Koel host is the Red Wattlebird, which in the the last 30
> years is a relatively new thing for Koels, and it reflects how Red
> Wattlebirds have become so common in urban areas. In more recent times,
> Little Wattlebirds, common in coastal urban suburbs, have also become Koel
> hosts. So I suspect at Cremorne, Figbirds, Little Wattlebirds and and
> Magpielarks could be on the list of hosts for the local Koel Cuckoos.
>
> Alan Morris
>
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