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Usually the sulphur-crested cockatoos are the noisiest birds around but during the warmer months the eastern koels arrive and turn it up to 11!

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Nov 7 at 6:24amWeb
Show threadMatthew TooheyNov 7
@Vandacorp F***ing koels! I had one nesting in a tree next door when I lived in Narrabundah. Started squawking at about 2am and never stopped.
And, yes, they make sulphur-crested cockatoos seem quiet by comparison.
Show threadJude🇵🇸Nov 7
@tooheymatthew @Vandacorp Lol, what I'd give to have a koel outside my window!
Show threadLooking for explanations…Nov 7

@sister_ratched @tooheymatthew @Vandacorp

I’d not heard of them before.

Show threadJude🇵🇸Nov 7
@Susan60 @tooheymatthew @Vandacorp They are slowly working their way south (climate change?), we've only had them in Canberra for about a decade. You may get them down there if you live long enough!
Show threadLooking for explanations…Nov 7

@sister_ratched @tooheymatthew @Vandacorp

We never used to have currawongs down here. I used to delight in their song as a kid when we visited friends in Sydney. In the last few years they’ve become common here. Definitely climate change.

Show threadJude🇵🇸Nov 7
@Susan60 @tooheymatthew @Vandacorp 😱
Show threadLooking for explanations…Nov 7

@sister_ratched @tooheymatthew @Vandacorp

And I’m afraid I won’t have to live much longer to see them down here, just a few years maybe. OTOH, the weather here the last year or so, & especially the last few weeks, has me thinking that climate change might affect us quite differently down here. After a fairly dry winter & lots of sun (while NSW & QLD had lots of rain), we’re having a very wet spring. And while we have had a few unseasonably warm days, the nights have mostly continued to be rather cool. Will have to check figures to see whether my perceptions are accurate.

Show threadJude🇵🇸Nov 7
@Susan60 @tooheymatthew @Vandacorp Jeez.... 😬
Show threadMark AsserNov 7
@sister_ratched @tooheymatthew @Vandacorp Better than inside.
Show threadMatthew TooheyNov 8
@MarkAsser @sister_ratched @Vandacorp Definitely glass half-full thinking, Mark.
Show threadJude🇵🇸Nov 8
@tooheymatthew @MarkAsser @Vandacorp 🤣
Show threadMatthew TooheyNov 8
@sister_ratched @Vandacorp Do you not value your sleep?!?
Show threadJude🇵🇸Nov 8
@tooheymatthew @Vandacorp They put me to sleep if I'm awake!
Show threadBellycanNov 8

@sister_ratched @tooheymatthew @Vandacorp you say that now. But having a koel outside your window at 3am isn't the picnic you might imagine.

Still, it beats having a pair of channel-billed cuckoos similarly placed. 🙉

Show threadJude🇵🇸Nov 8
@pelicangut @tooheymatthew @Vandacorp Lol...