I once had a regular koel who resided in my neighbour's lemon tree without
fail each year. One day his incessant koelling stopped and the silence was
so profound that I investigated. I found a pile of koel feathers (presume
fox) and the rest of the summer was very quiet. The following year that
same lemon tree was inhabited by a new koel. Perhaps it was the female who
remained loyal to the site and brought her new partner? Perhaps it was a
bird born & raised in that patch who had the genetic map for "Lemon Tree,
Taylor Road, Woodford". I still ponder the question - why the lemon tree?
Regards
Wendy Pepper
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Gordon and Pam Cain <
> wrote:
> Our annual koel has finally arrived in our patch of Schofields (NW Sydney)
> long after we decided it must have died or gone elsewhere.
>
> Which raises a question or two:
>
> 1. Do koels return to the same area annually -- I presume so, as we've
> always had a pair arriving Sept/October.
>
> 2. Do they normally return to the same tree each year? Ours seem to,
> though this one is not in the usual tree yet.
>
> Cheers
> Gordon Cain
> A casual birder
> Schofields, NW Sydney
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