Thanks to everyone who commented and fav'd yesterday's kookaburra photo.
We have quite a variety of birds visiting our garden and here is a female koel.
Koel's are cuckoo family birds and they deposit their eggs in other birds nests. Hopefully they pick a bird of similar size or some poor bird, if it is smaller, could be going like the clappers to feed a bird this size.
Nice shot Babs. Does this lady come down often? They usually stay up in the trees and are very difficult to spot - despite the fact that their call is driving you nuts.
Oh I do hope so too. Can only imagine some poor tiny bird wearing itself to the feather trying to feed a big greedy monster. But you've captured a lovely photograph of this pretty female.
You have so many lovely and colorful birds. This is such a great shot...and what an interesting story to go with it. So another bird raises their hatchlings?
@kategoring@merrelyn@yaorenliu Thanks, she was crouched down because she was drinking the water, but she still had her eye on me as I was taking the photo. She wouldn't let me get too close.
@chrysanthemum Thanks Christina, they are very naughty birds aren't they. I believe they do tend to select birds with similar eggs to theirs so as not to make the poor adoptees suspicious.
