I read Steve Davidson's Birdline of 28/11/008 for a possible Common Koel heard
at Truganina Parklands in Altona (AKA 100 Steps of Federation), and spent a bit
of time there on the weekend, on the off chance that it was still around.
On both Saturday and Sunday mornings I heard a bird that could possibly have
been it, but which didn't sound much like the calls on the BOCA CDs, and which
I don't think I've heard before. Instead of the usual coo-eee, this was just a
loud cooor, repeated every few seconds.
I tried several times to track it down, but it was moving continually. Just
once I saw a bird fly off that might qualify, like a large, dark wattlebird,
but I only saw it from behind.
I circled around the pond just west of the car park so many times that I came
to the conclusion that it was actively avoiding me. So I made a video to
capture the call, and have extracted just the audio (14 seconds, 122KB), and
I'm wondering if anyone more familiar with this species would like to have a
listen. It's at http://member.melbpc.org.au/~pshute/koelnov2008//MVI_8132.mp3.
The call isn't as loud as I remember it, presumably because it's almost
drowned out by closer birds. I can hear it call six times on that recording.
Could that call be a Common Koel, and if not, what is it?
Also, what should I be calling this species now - Common, Eastern or Australian
Koel?
Peter Shute==============================www.birding-aus.org
birding-aus.blogspot.com
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