Koels are back in town

[Andrew Taylor <>]

Since July I've been out running  most mornings at dawn covering 10-20-30
kilometres through prime Koel habitat in central Sydney,  I'd been looking
forward to hearing a very early Koel, but no luck.   Channel-bills on
3 occasions, the first 2 weeks ago, but no Koels until yesterday when I
heard a female at Lakemba while watching my son play cricket.

But today 6 Koels, a male heard at dawn and a female seen later in the
day in Glebe, a male calling in Moore Park, 2 males calling in Lilyfield
and a male calling at Sydney University.

Andrew