Keywords: outdoor Common Koel (male) AKA stormbird to locals. (Eudynamys scolopacea) Because the males have such strong black plumage, photographs of them reveal little or no detail. This guy was close enough to use a flash! They are usually quite clever and hide behind the branches or tree-trunks so you can't photograph them. Here's a link to a female I spotted in the same tree a couple of days before: farm6.static.flickr.com/5246/5238227188_bbe290735e.jpg Common Koel (male) AKA stormbird to locals. (Eudynamys scolopacea) Because the males have such strong black plumage, photographs of them reveal little or no detail. This guy was close enough to use a flash! They are usually quite clever and hide behind the branches or tree-trunks so you can't photograph them. Here's a link to a female I spotted in the same tree a couple of days before: farm6.static.flickr.com/5246/5238227188_bbe290735e.jpg |