Does anyone know how koels spend their evenings? I quite often hear them
calling around midnight, and wonder if they are just giving a contact call
(although why is hard to fathom if still roosting, unless perhaps they've been
disturbed by a carpet python or something and now regaining contact with
mates), doing something sneaky like seeing out nests to lay in (although I
assume most nests are occupied at night, and why betray their presence with
calls anyway?), a courtship call (mating when their prospective hosts aren't
around to mob them?) or if they do some of their feeding at night
Cheers
Ronda
Ronda Green, BSc(Hons) PhD
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