Common Koel? (Altona, Vic)

[Peter Shute <>]

I got three positive responses to the recording, and one fairly positive, so I 
guess it was a koel.  I'd be interested to hear if anyone else sees or hears 
one in the area.

Peter Shute

 wrote on Monday, 1 December 2008 5:41 AM:

> Thanks Rob. It crossed my mind that it sounded a bit like a
> pigeon on the recording. However, to my ears at the time,
> able to block out the nearby birds mentally, it was a really
> loud bird. It was 50 to 100m away, and moving around a lot.
>
> A directional microphone would have helped, but all I had was
> the built in microphones in my compact camera.
>
> Peter Shute
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