tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301425984210044912.post3670473182153140997..comments2023-03-28T21:11:00.387+11:00Comments on Whistlers Rest: FeatherJoan Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358008925558240778noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301425984210044912.post-20252375176124148262011-12-03T22:17:01.047+11:002011-12-03T22:17:01.047+11:00Ah you mention two very interesting birds here. T...Ah you mention two very interesting birds here. The Koel is a cuckoo from New Guinea that visits us at this time of year. I quite like their call, which starts very early in the morning. A girl at work was complaining about it the other day. They are around here but I sleep soundly so don't notice. I don't think I have ever seen a Koel but their call is hard to miss.<br /><br />As for the Pardalote, they are so tiny and live so high in the canopy that they are near impossible to capture, though I can see them up there and being chased about by the Miners (the native ones), There are Spotted Pardalotes out at the Rest. They have a very beautiful and loud call for such a little bird. I listened to the Striated Pardelote on the Birds in Backyard website and don't think I have heard that call. I have never seen them up close enough to realise how pretty they are.Joan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358008925558240778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301425984210044912.post-91608308113718923272011-12-02T20:43:29.013+11:002011-12-02T20:43:29.013+11:00And possibly the 'Koel". I am hearing him...And possibly the 'Koel". I am hearing him a lot lately. Must be his time of the year down here.<br /><br />I heard a mesmerising call from high in a Magnolia down in Jamieson. I waited and waited to try to see him. And he could not contain his curiosity about moi. My cousin identified it as a Striated Pardalote. Beautiful little bird, with a most compelling call. Not beautiful necessarily, but hard to ignore as it does go on so.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513648613788716017noreply@blogger.com