> On 23 March 2018 at 13:49 Subash Jeyan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > today's harvest: an asian koel, male. the asian koel is a member of the > cuckoo order of birds... > > https://500px.com/photo/250368391/asian-koel-male-by-subash-jeyan
Looks very similar to the Koels that arrive here in spring from south-east Asia and start their infuriating ko-el ko-el call from about 4am. It's amazing how far that call travels on an otherwise quiet spring/summer morning. Apparently the call is designed to upset other birds so that they leave their nests while the female Koel moves in to lay her eggs. I think yours is a different species but you'd need to be an expert to tell them apart. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
