Why the noisy bird that drove Ross’s neighbourhood mad is here to stay!

Remember the noisy bird that was driving Ross Stevenson’s neighbourhood mad five years ago?

Well, it looks like it could be here to stay. And it’s responsible for Australia’s most iconic bush call!

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The Pacific Koel has become increasingly common in Melbourne’s outer suburbs, after previously being rarely spotted. And it was initially only males.

“Now we’re getting evidence the females are arriving and they’re actually mating,” Sean Dooley, editor of BirdLife Australia, told Ross and Russel.

“We’re getting chicks that are Victoria-born now and they’ll return to the land of their birth each summer.”