i think it's the same species. early morning call and brood parasite. in these parts the song is considered melodious and the bird has been used as a generally positive symbol in indian poetry for long :)....
On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 08:20:00 +1100 (AEDT) Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 23 March 2018 at 13:49 Subash Jeyan <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
