I'm also not that familiar with them. Why do Koels need to be so secretive
anyway? Horsfield's and Shining Bronze-Cuckoos are often seen calling in the
open. Maybe because they're a lot more noticeable, being big and loud?
Peter Shute
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Subject: RE: Common Koel
I've notice over the last week (and I seem to remember the same thing this time
last year) the Koels have come out of hiding. Normally they are calling all
around (Glebe 2037) but buried in foliage. Now I see small mobs of 3-4 males,
and have a male and female that perch on the power line right outside my
balcony in full view of all and sundry.
(I've become The Birdwatcher on the Cast Iron Balcony).
I assume now the heat's off the breeding business they are not regarded as such
a villain by the other birds? Do they make a distinction? There was only one
desultory 'mob' by a rather lackadaisical Noisy Miner. But is this coming-out
behaviour normal - and is it related to getting ready to go 'home' - which I
take to be where they spend most of the year?
Sorry if this seems a banal topic, being a dyed in the wool Victorian living in
Sydney, Koels are still slightly exotic.
Cheers
Pat
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