We got one living in our gum tree, being taken care of by a magpie. Ive only just found out it was a cole, and I guess its a female because it is grey with brown feathers. The bloody thing will not shutup only when it gets fed. I hope the thing isnt too territorial and start laying it legs around the street because anymore of these birds and I will go nuts. — posted by Jason Poly at 29.01.2004 10:56 AEST |

Oh man, do I fucking hate this bird! I've been hearing it from Ocrober to March for the past 3 years. It's killing my life. I have to sleep with headphones on too block the noise out. I think I'm gonna buy a slug gun and take it out, once and for all! To the message before [Jason Poly] I read that Koel only lays one egg, raises it and flys it back to Indonesia or somewhere? So if you can find the egg, bingo! Instead of hearing the kooo-eeee in the morning you'll be hearing the sizzle of fried Koel egg! sweet! Sorry I forgot you are a vegan. Maybe I'll just let my cat have its way with it... — posted by Serg at 30.09.2004 13:27 AEST |

I was woken up at pretty much at exactly 4am every morning for about 2 months last year because of this bird. Its call just really gets to me.. must be the pitch of it or something, i ended up getting ear plugs! — posted by Lucy at 06.11.2004 17:05 AEST |

I just google'd for "annoying bird noises" and this is the little bastard I've been looking for. I have heaps of them near my house and they are driving me crazy. Anyone got a slug gun?!?!? — posted by Brad Hughes at 28.01.2005 10:03 AEST |

Purchase an Eagle or a Osprey windsock bird. These birds recognize them as a bird of prey. Night or Day, if there is a breeze the birds will move on. Nests dissappear also becasue they never come back.

[Advertising link removed, you can find your own kite or tethered bird of prey from a local retailer] — posted by birdbegone at 07.02.2005 02:53 AEST |

R u sure that bird on the right of your picture is not a reed bunting?My bird book says it is.Well whatever its called its driving me mad!!Hlp how can we get rid of these birds.Im tryin to study and cant concentrate.It wakes me up at 6.30am every day.Last yr it was in my garden from march til august.Ah!!Icant go through it again!I've a thesis to write this summer — posted by CD at 09.03.2005 04:26 AEST |

AH!! I can even hear him while I type! Somebody help me before I do something I seriously regret.Like with a gun! I really like animals and birds in general.But not this stupid bird who's driving me mad and ruining my life.Normal birds sing and its a pleasant addition to any garden.This thing doesn't sing it just squaks non stop all day every day.I don't know how it doesn't lose its voice — posted by CD at 09.03.2005 04:31 AEST |

Does a version of this thing live in North America? There's something that's been driving me CRAZY for the last two months at my new apartment here in Los Angeles. It sounds like the loud Tweet-Tweet-Tweeting on the soundtrack, but I don't hear anything like the lower warble in the background. Also, it seems able to imitate car alarms from time to time, which is just driving me up the WALL. My girlfriend won't even stay here when she has to work the next day, because the birds keep her up all night! — posted by Josh at 17.04.2005 18:54 AEST |

We just hung up old CD's. They reflect back and forth. It was erie. Just as we hung the first one, all the birds stoped. — posted by josh at 03.06.2005 12:01 AEST |

These little c%^nts are ruling my life at the moment. As soon as the sun shows it's face (5:00am), they start. And they ALWAYS sit in a tree about 20 meters from my window. I am so tired, they just never let up. Its the most annoying constant squawk I have ever heard. I ran out this morning and threw a shoe into the tree, and a) hurt my shoulder thowing it, and b) only stopped them for about 10 seconds.

Today, I am buying a slug gun. I found one for sale for $250 from a guy at the pub I drink at. Accurate to 100 meters, scope/sight. These birds days are numbers!

As big kev would say, im excited. I am going to get an unbelievable amount of satisfaction watching a slug enter there arse hole at 100 meters / second :) — posted by Brad at 26.08.2005 09:38 AEST |

I'd like to see one of you eat your fallen prey. It seems like a fitting end. — posted by Lyndon at 14.09.2005 10:07 AEST |

Although I am sorry for you all, I am really glad to hear I am not the only one with this bloody bird problem. I've been searching for a site about this. My husband and I are getting very cranky from lack of sleep. I used to think it started at 4am or 5am, but now it's all night. It's amazing how just a noise like this can ruin your life at home, I'm hating coming home to this every night. It's just across the road from us and as soon as I get home from work and hear it, I get depressed knowing what my night is going to be like - no sleep! I love birds, but I really hate this one. We want to shoot it too, but we can't see it, it's in this really tall leafy tree, right at the top I think. I will let you know if we are successful in getting rid of it. I'll try the CDs but where do you put them? The tree is so big. Maybe windchimes in the tree? I would rather shoot it. I've lost any compassion for it I'm afraid. — posted by Kerry at 29.09.2005 10:34 AEST |

This bloddy thing woke me up this morning at 4:30am. I can handle most birds but this one takes the cake!!

I'm gunna rip out its vocal chords and shove em its arse when I hear it again, either that or chop down the tree with an axe!!

Fucking things! — posted by Todd Crooks at 04.10.2005 16:07 AEST |

It's now 6:30 on a Sunday morning. What normal person wakes up at that time on the weekend. I've been on the roof of my garage in underpants throwing rocks at tree behind my house since 5am. What normal person does that! Yes, a person with a Koel in his tree not 20 metres from the bed. I am sure it knows it is pissing me off, the sounds are getting more strained as the morning goes on, it's just trying to get louder and more annoying. The gun trick immediately springs to mind, and I am looking to build a good sling shot, but I like the idea of the cd's, so I'll be climbing this things today with whatever I can find. Mind you, a have found the only time that I get some piece from it is when it moves to the tree across the road (making it only a bit quieter but tolerable). I'll probably end up climbing all the trees in the neighbourhood. — posted by Chook at 16.10.2005 06:29 AEST |

This bird has been pissing me off since the day it arrived and set up just 10 metres from where I sleep. It just never shuts up.

I need to know where to get an Air rifle/slug gun!!! — posted by Rupert at 16.10.2005 19:57 AEST |

I have had this for about a week now and it is driving me and my poor pregnant wife around the bend! I'm sure at about 4.30am today I heard an air rifle go off, was that you Rupert? What area are you in? I closed all our windows slept in the front of the house and still could hear the damn thing, how loud are these stupid f'ing birds!! I'm hoping that whoever had the air rifle last night is out again tonight! — posted by Bird at 18.10.2005 12:41 AEST |

Ah yes - I have one of these annoying little s$%Ts in my yard at the moment. Maybe I can wire up the whole f$%^ing gum tree so it's ass fries next time it lands there.. — posted by TheOtherBird at 18.10.2005 13:45 AEST |

Well I'm pleased to say that I've had moderate success (refer to rant above). I climbed the tree out the back and put up several aluminium foil mobiles (going off the cd idea). I'm about 6ft short of the top of the tree (and where the bird sits) but for me, looking down on the birds flying past, it was more than high enough. Did it work? kind of. I probably really need to go higher up the tree however, previously the bird would sit in the same position all day. First day with the mobiles it did not come back, second it came back a couple of times but I had left the rope I used to climb the tree in position. Pulling the rope a few times didn't shake the tree, but was enough to make the bird fly away. Since Monday I've only heard it a couple of times in my tree, but it only stayed for 5 minutes then buggered off to another tree - just across the road, but a tolerable distance. At the moment this is enough for me... Hope this helps anyone else. — posted by Chook at 19.10.2005 07:30 AEST |

I am so happy for you that you've found your solution and happy for me that I can try the same method.
I've been searching the web all morning trying to identify the bird making the excruciating noise at 4am in the morning and waking me up at night.

But now I hear these OTHER birds flying around in the morning, making the most annoying squawk I've ever heard. I thought they were parrots, but they had grey feathers and slender bodies. They fly very fast in flocks of about 5 and usually do their squawking thing at dusk and early morning as well.
Anyone out there know what these are???? — posted by BirdMuncher at 24.10.2005 11:55 AEST |

Having been a resident of Sydney for all my life, I remember these little bastards keeping me awake ever since I can remember! For some reason, their usual and most annoying call in the early hours is the "wurruu" one found here.

This is certainly the sound of the one that's taken up in the tree outside my window (a monster tree that is too big to climb up and hang things in).
— posted by Bleary-eyed at 26.10.2005 22:02 AEST |

We've had one here for the last two days in the tree in my neighbours yard, no one lives in the house though. I've been trying to study for my hsc exams, doors shut with music up loud so i can drown the noise of this fucking bird out. It's so painful. It started at about 3 am this morning, and has been going since. If it doesn't piss off in a few days im going to have to resort to throwing rocks or something. The noise it makes is nice but extremely repetitive and piercing. If its there for much longer i think the slug gun idea is excellent, unless i can find any other solutions. — posted by Dan at 31.10.2005 14:02 AEST |

noise it makes is nice but extremely repetitive and piercing.

Your off your guts. It's not nice at all. It's fucking awful. — posted by Brad at 07.11.2005 18:42 AEST |

BlearyEyed - YES! I've also found out the annoying screeching bird through the website you posted. It's an annoying cuckoo thing: Channel-billed Cuckoo — posted by BirdMuncher at 15.11.2005 10:20 AEST |

All night and half the day..fucking poofter of a thing !!!in a 2 klm radius of neighbours ,everyone i know around me WILL NOT MIND if i kill the useless fucking feather flapping BASTARD,surely the greenies would not miss a couple of em ??????????????????? — posted by Rex and Kerko at 15.11.2005 19:07 AEST |

Red Wolf,
I was referring to another bird in my backyard making another screeching annoying noise (the Channel billed Cuckoo) - see a few posts up. Imagine waking up to the Koel AND bloody Cuckoo!!!
— posted by BirdMuncher at 16.11.2005 08:53 AEST |

This is ridiculous. It's now 4:30am, I have been up since 2:54am, when a male koel in a tree 20 meters from my bedroom window has again been calleing persistently! It's too dark for me to shoot at. I do have a slug gun but I have found that even during the day, I can't get a clear shot away at these iillusive pricks. It is calling 2 seconds apart, for just on almost 2 hours solid. I am so pissed off at these birds, what can I possibly do to get rid of them.

Tired,

Brad — posted by Brad at 19.11.2005 04:31 AEST |

I just read that when these birds migrate north for the winter, they fly in one large flock, which is so big it covers several suburbs.

Who wants to chuck in and hire a helicopter, and we'll fly through and mince the lot of them? God I'd love to do that, such is my hate for this species!! LOL — posted by Brad at 19.11.2005 04:59 AEST |

I live in country NSW and the bloody thing starts at about 5.30 then stops at about 09.30 (when I am at work) and then starts again at 2.00pm that afternoon. I am going CRAZY!!!!! I am pregnant and my 4yr old daughter wakes in the night because of the bloody bird. I really am going insane. My daughter woke up the other night and threw a tantrum and woke it at 3.00am. Someone said it migrates back to Indonesia - does that mean that it carries the bloody bird flu as well??!!!?? HELP!!!! I am going to ring the ranger and he can shoot the bastard. My luck I would miss and I would shoot a neighbour! — posted by Samantha Galea at 22.11.2005 09:57 AEST |

I think I've found the solution!

I was reading this (P3 P7830 Sonic Bird Chaser). It's a device that emits the sounds of birds of prey (owls, hawks, eagles etc). So I downloaded a few MP3's of different birds of prey, and I have been playing them whenever I hear the coel around my place. And it works! They disappear immediately!

The Wedge Tailed Eagle sound (google it) seems to work best. Soon as i play it through my stereo, every bird in the area goes silent! — posted by Brad at 27.11.2005 22:18 AEST |

OH MY GOD - I thought i was the only freak yelling out my window at 4am in the morning.....This bird has made me go crazy, i bought ear plugs but because i have pushed them so deep into my ear and created an ear infection, i cant wear them anymore (i could hear the bird through them anyhow) My husband thought i was losing it at first, no he is aware of the sounds and he cant handle it....The bird sits in a tree next door to me and i cant get to the tree, i have a big balcony, can i hang something off that? A plastic Eagle or Owl? I hope these bastards can see it at night....When i am lying in my bed at night trying to sleep all i think about is how happy i would be if i killed and tortured it...i know that sounds bad but losing sleep to an indonesian bird shits me to tears....Oh and not to mention coming home from work wanted peace and quiet, then the bastard comes back at 6pm and squawks, so i squawk back at it, i will try anything to shut the fucker up! — posted by JEN at 13.12.2005 13:33 AEST |

This nice looking black bird with a red eye is going down. Every morning for the last month this little prick and his mates have woken me at 5am. My first action will be a shot of water from the hose, if this doesnt work the slug gun comes out. I like the sound they make when they are off in the distance but when he sits in the tree outside my bedroom window it pisses me off. What makes it worse is the kids in the neighbourhood are starting to immitate this liitle prick. SHIT!! If war is what this little prick wants, its war that he will get. P.S. I like birds but not ones that wake me at the crack of dawn. That why I have an alarm clock. — posted by Pez at 15.12.2005 14:06 AEST |

I have a baby Koel in my garden, being raised by pee wees. He is gorgeous. Though I do feel for the pee wees, as they are about a third his size, and he is forever hungry, and demanding food. I'm sure the pee wees are very proud of their adopted baby, but will be relieved when he heads off on his migration to the North.

All you Koel haters out there need to loosen up. Learn to love them. They have selected your tree to sit in, which is an honor. And they are only here for a short time each year. So just get over it. Their call is a beautiful love song. See it for what it is and enjoy it. — posted by Peter Shooter at 11.02.2006 22:20 AEST |

I have this very annoying wattlebird that comes to my garden every bloody morning, and throughout the day, giving the most horrible call and it is making me go cuckoo. I am now considering making my own sling shot and putting on my cat suit and doing leopard crawl across my back garden and shooting the f@#%*r. Please help, does any one know how to get rid of this little devil bird? Me running out in my white gown shouting all sorts of swear words is not helping my sanity, especially at 5:30 am every morning!!!!! I need some sleep!!!! — posted by Annette at 14.02.2006 09:13 AEST |

I don't know what kind of bird is outside my window but I do know I would like for it to go away any suggestions anyone plese!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — posted by Linda Gutierrez at 08.03.2006 02:37 AEST |

I was in Mumbai, India the past 2 weeks. This koel started every night at 2.30 and build a crescendo of calls. In fact the bird lost its voice at the higher notes, but started allover agin until it spluttered. It just would not give up from 2.00 am to 6.00 am. Ruined my holiday. I would gladly machine gun the thing. Hope its call for a mate went unanswered. Where is bird flu when you need it. — posted by Vid at 28.04.2006 01:46 AEST |

How do you get rid of the annoying things. Someone please!
I need some sleep! — posted by ALE at 19.05.2006 13:49 AEST |

I have the annyoying bird problem too, every morning at exactly 3am it starts and it goes strong for hours, it's so bad it wakes me up out of my sleep! That is until I downloaded the The Wedge Tailed Eagle sound. Whenever the noise starts I crack the window and play the sound on my laptop and the noise stops cold!! Thanks for the tip, now I'm in control!! — posted by TDH at 22.06.2006 20:32 AEST |

I am having a lot of problems with neighbours chooks and ducks coming over to my home leaving there droppings constantly on my back pagola if anyone is out there that knows how to or what liquids substances that chooks dont like with out harming them i would really be greatfull as this is problem is really driving me up the wall and is so discusting having to clean each day — posted by tayler at 02.08.2006 06:54 AEST |

is anyone out there who may be able to help me i live in the country and have a huge turkey for some strange reason this bloody turkey runs after the kids next door and has even pecked out one of them and drew blood i need to know how i can have this turkey stop as i am scared it may soon turn and seriously hurt the other children includinga 2 year old toddler please if anyone is out there who can give me any advice please do so it would be much appreciated. — posted by concerned turkey keeper (aka tayler) at 02.08.2006 07:02 AEST |

Turkey slap it ! — posted by john at 04.08.2006 00:26 AEST |

So what about the wattlebirds, where the f*ck did these come from.... two years of insanity, forays into the first light in the jocks to sling whatever into the trees, ear plugs, cutting down trees, the kids even call it the "Pesky" bird.

Got the slug gun and bagged the 14th one this morning, yep, HUGE satisfaction. But still they come.... Take up arms and wipe them out. — posted by Gull at 20.08.2006 11:53 AEST |

THE BIRD MUST DIE

ive got a different problem I thought i was being haunted by an owl which has an omnidirectional bass laden hoot. It has also been ruling my life as the pitch is so low it can even penetrate ear plugs and 2 foot thick walls ( i bought a church in a pristine country site and my paradise has turned into a nightmare) (choking on my own rage so xcuse the rant and writing) Because i thought it ws a native owl i had to respect its teritory and live with it. HAAAHA I have just found out it is a filthy, stinking, disease ridden PIGEON. So now the ball is in my court. 1 Slug Gun comming up bye bye pigeon

I fantasize about going to hunt it and cook it but ill probably just kill it and move on

I have also thrown my shoulder out and lost a shoe, a mop and several cds

PS i love all the birds in my area as most are navive parrots etc and i mean no other harm to any other thing in the world

thanks for listening fellow sufferer — posted by eagleclaw at 22.03.2008 12:25 AEST |

My hubby and i are in Glen Waverley and we absolutely HATE the stupid bloody wattle bird. It swaks with an ear peircing Kwaa-Kwaa-Kwaa-kwaa followed by a few seconds of a soft coo-ing sound, then just as our lsleepy brains relax....KWAA-KWAA-KWAA again. Worse still....it starts in August at 6am and gets earlier and earlier by a few minutes each day until he's waking us up at 4;30 am in end of september. Then we have to put up with it till he stops in about November. have tried windchimes, throwing things at trees (random trees as i can never actually spot the little shit) and generally screaming things, on the street, in my pj's. Nothing works. Love most animals....HATE this stupid, sleep depriving waste of space. Also dislike person's suggestions we be nice to it and feel honoured that it chose our tree. Insane. Wish i could feel that way!
Good to get that frustration out as most people don't know what we're talking about (and we talk about the bird A LOT!) — posted by Amanda at 26.08.2008 18:43 AEST |

ooooohh my GOD! i hate this bird, it sits outside or bedroom window and every day at 5am it starts its annoying call. my girlfriend and i take it in turns at throwing rocks at the tree every morning. our bird sounds more like a pickledy-pickeldy sound but the picture is definately it. i am so happy that there are other people out there that feel my pain.
got alot of joy from this site. — posted by kent gilbert at 07.09.2008 11:21 AEST |

Hi guys and girls, this will most likely solve your problem, go down to jaycar and buy a variable strobe light ($27.00) and a 240volt timer ($29.00) and an extension lead from bunnings ($30.00) Set up the strobe pointing up the tree, and about 3-4 metres from the ground, set the timer from 4 - 6 every morning or whenever the bird annoys you. This works and you will get beautiful sleep. Sometimes the bird will challenge the strobe but will only stay a couple of minutes. I have tried this and worked wonders. — posted by daniel at 15.09.2008 23:06 AEST |

Since this bird has arrived my wife thinks I have developed Tourettes Syndrome thanks to the little F##ker. I live under the flight path, near a road and have a crying baby next door and disco loving neighbours at the back. None of this annoys me but this bloody bird DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE. Reminds me of the bully on The Simpsons that goes HAH HAH — posted by foxfoxyfox at 29.09.2008 21:44 AEST |

I'm close to burning the fucking tree down. Its 10 to 4, he's been going for about an hour already. I can hear his friend going about a block away. Just fly the fuck over to him. I'm just gonna get a mates air rifle and start popping the shit out of them. I couldn't even kill a rat, but this thing is gonna be riddled with slugs after I shoot him out of the tree, locate the carcus, and just continually shoot it until I'm satisfied.
Might hang him up in the tree as a warning. Or put his head on a spike or something. — posted by Guy Harris at 01.10.2008 04:48 AEST |

Thanks Daniel for your advice on the 15 9 2008. It has worked for us even though we are 200 mtrs away from the tree. It sure is great to get 8 hours sleep again. Thanks again Daniel. Go get your strobe light ladies & gents. It works. — posted by Don Gillies at 05.10.2008 17:12 AEST |

We're thinking of using the strobe light. Is it OK to use in a typical suburb, won't break any council laws, or whatever? We have a wattlebird in a tree in our small garden, arrives at 5.20 am and makes an awful racket, like a tuneless trumpet! Am slightly delirious from lack of sleep most days, as I don't cope well on less than 8 hours. Trying to get to bed at 9pm to deal with it, but annoyed how much it affects my routine and health every October for a few months. Feel v. sorry for those with the koel etc. at 2 - 4 am. I thought 5.20 am was bad, but thats shocking! Hope you find the solution. — posted by Julie at 07.10.2008 14:42 AEST |

Ah so that's the f****r that is haunting me. Started a few days ago. A koel huh, and we have to put up with it until February. This one has a verse. You just know when he does one part, he will do parts one and two. I found a wav file and it is definitely the one, just with a little tune to go with it. To make it worse, we do not have A/C upstairs so have been leaving the windows open as it gets hotter. Was hoping he was lost and would not come back but it seems he has chosen the tree out the back for his holiday. The tree overhangs our small backyard but isn't our tree so I can't even do anything about it. Sounds like the wedge tail eagle download is the way to go.

Thanks for giving me a laugh folks. I'm praying I can do something about it least I lose the plot like half of you! — posted by Rick at 09.10.2008 23:35 AEST |

I feel so much better having read all the comments above...I have been going mad with this fucking nightmare Koel bird....I wondered why the little beach house we bought was such a good price but soon found out why...from 3 am to whenever...it penetrated earplugs and pillows...every night. I just got back and need another weeks holiday. The noise is bad enough...what drives me insane is that there is a silent gap of 20 seconds every time....just enough to get back to sleep...ish...before starting again. All ideas are good but a shotgun has to be favourite with this bastard. — posted by Richard Wahroonga at 13.10.2008 14:26 AEST |

Great posts, feel much better. Rex & Kerko 15/11/05, I couldn't put it better.

Peter Shooter 11/02/06 must be delusional from lack of sleep, else his name gave him the solution.

These bastard birds are brood parasites - they lay the eggs in other birds' nests & when the chick hatches it dumps the other eggs or out competes for food so they are not to be loved.

I'll try combining suggestions of Brad 27/11/05 & Daniel 15/09/08, otherwise the slug gun is on its way. — posted by Stick at 14.10.2008 18:19 AEST |

I had to laugh whilst reading this....the laugh of a sleep deprived tormented madman. I have a wattle bird that's been waking me up at stupid o'clock every spring morning for the past couple of years. I HATE the f*cking thing. If I could walk into a shop and buy an air rifle, I'd do it today. — posted by Steve at 20.10.2008 14:36 AEST |

I have lived in my new home for almost a year - low and behold if I am not traumised as of late then I am not sure what I am, all I know is I have installed a roller shutter to the main bedroom and I now would like to fit all the windows with these comodoties - just so I can damn well shut out the noise and disturbing at that from all these raging birds...Helppp : / — posted by Angela Melb 3087 at 01.11.2008 19:08 AEST |

Yes traumatised that is...umm would any know where I could score an air rifle hmmm? — posted by Angela Melb 3087 at 01.11.2008 19:12 AEST |

We live in Melbourne & have our own little slice of feathered hell in the form of a wattlebird in a tree outside our bedroom. At 5.30am starts up "wah-a-a-a, wah-a-a-a, wah-a-a-a" like some demented tourettes victim (no offence to tourettes sufferers). After a couple of mornings of me rushing out half-naked & cavorting around clapping my hands, he just moved to the other tree in our front garden, about 10 metres away. One morning I had one in each frickin' tree having a fine old jam session! I am a massive animal/bird/anything-but-spiders lover, & used to love wattlebirds, but I swear if I could throttle the thing, I'd happily do it. It has helped a lot to know we're not the only ones being tortured! — posted by Lee at 03.11.2008 11:52 AEST |

I think the Common Koel is an Australian Native bird that migrates to Indonesia during our winter and comes back in Spring. Now doesn't that make you all feel better that it's a Aussie?? It's also supposed to prefer the nests of Wattlebirds, so maybe it's the Koel in the Wattle nest and not the poor old Wattle that's driving us all nuts. I downloaded the birdcall posted by Bleary Eyed (26/10/08) and I played it real loud and HEY, the monster Koel stopped his noise and fled. Thanks Bleary!! — posted by Silvia at 10.11.2008 16:16 AEST |

Greetings my fellow Koel victims.

Slivia, i can't see the 'Bleary Eyed' audio file post, where can I get that sound?.

I have tried everything else with this devil bird, it seems to have no fear of humans Just sits in tree squarking. What does it want??? — posted by INSOMNIAC at 15.11.2008 02:20 AEST |

Ok, so we have this stupid flipping Koel bird in the trees around our house too!!

We've nicknamed him 'Nigel Bird' - since he always seems to be calling out and getting no answer lol.....

He drives us absolutely insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was actually up with him at 4am this morning due to his bloody stupid annoying call.............doesn't he have anything better to do??????? I mean come on, its 4am!!! I think i layed there in my bed for about an hour trying to get to sleep........

Every single afternoon we get home and he's there waiting........its like hes out to annoy you on purpose! And he never stops!! He gets louder and louder and louder everytime he calls.......and its quite funny when he loses his voice from calling out so much lol.....

Anyways i think i've rambled on about this bird for way too long so....... — posted by Anonymous at 20.11.2008 16:47 AEST |

THis is very funny and relieving to hear that we are not the only ones to have this crazy bird singing at 4pm every morning. I too would like to se it fall dead from the tree in a plume of feathers...but there is a lot of them around so would be a bit of a mission...thanks to whoever put the audio file link (which opens in quicktime for anyone who cant listen to it) Why dont people write what suburb they live in on there comments? that way we can meet people in our area and then maybe have some sort of group that can go to council to ask for help??? I live in oatley in sydneys south, be great to hear from others... good luck... — posted by scott @ Oatley at 02.12.2008 08:48 AEST |

New Solution - download the audio file of a wedge tailed eagle or hawk (see Brad 27/11/05) to your i-pod, then buy an i-pod Alarm Clock (just released at JB Hi-Fi for around $50) & set the alarm to start your i-pod at eg 4:00am. Set it up out of the weather away from your window - you don't need to get up & won't be woken (hopefully). Can't wait 'til Spring to try it. — posted by Stick at 06.03.2009 21:19 AEST |

Just get some earplugs and stop wishing to kill the stupid bird.. its just horny at night so it calls every 24/7. Earplugs people, they work to muffle that bullshit! invest in some. — posted by justic at 04.06.2009 19:05 AEST |

The wedge tail eagle audio file didn't work for me . Has anyone got any other suggestions? — posted by Ray at 09.09.2009 08:17 AEST |

there has to be a way i can kill this bird its a wattle bird every morning around 3:30 to 6:30 this fucking thing wakes me up i have resorted to chopping down the grayvilla it eats from and i plan on poisoning the bird feeder I WILL WIN damn any tree humping animal lovers out there! — posted by i hate wildlife at 17.09.2009 05:54 AEST |

Hey guys - I just found this page after searching for "annoying birds SA". I am relieved in that I am not the only one who suffers, yet I feel for yaz all. About 6 years ago I was attempting to finish an important essay, when a 'tweeter' appeared on my fence and since then the bloody things have spread so that in spring all the trees out the back and in the front have these damned things in them. They are the offspring of a noisy honey eater of some kind a medium sized, grey-brown bird with some yellow on it. The adults are noisy pipe with one of the loudest calls I've ever heard every dawn, they have driven away a lot of other birds we used to see around. But the babies are the worst, they stay in the tree near my window and call all day from sunup to sundown to be fed. It's a constant tweet-tweet-tweet and its friggin loud. I too am going to invest in the air rifle solution and cull the bastards right back. These things do spread and i throw sticks and things but it never shuts them up for longer than a few minutes. — posted by Grigori at 05.10.2009 13:17 AEST |

I am about to shoot myself in the fucken head! This stupid bloody storm bird (koel) drives me fucken crazy!!! Its literally driving me out of my house. I need help please, anybody, if i get my hands on it, i will make it suffer in a big way!! — posted by liz at 13.10.2009 16:44 AEST |

I still have some penny bungers left over from the 70's. A good shanghai, some help from the missus to light the bunger then launch in time for the bunger to get close to the cuckoo, it pisses off very fast after that. Then I can get on with trapping and killing Indian Mynas — posted by Indian Myna Hater at 23.10.2009 16:12 AEST |

Guys this is the link below to the eagle sound, this works for me with the Koels around my house. I open up my windows, turn my computer speakers up full volume, and play this 5 or 6 times. Its amazing, instantly, all the birds in the area go silent! For hours! Note that the file format is AU format so you need to download Quicktime from Apple.com to be able to play it

http://pelotes.jea.com/AnimalFact/Birds/eagle.au — posted by Brad at 03.11.2009 13:46 AEST |

I first posted a year ago. We've had a wattlebird driving us mad every October, for the last 3-4 years here in Melbourne. Its now December and we've been woken at 5.20 am every single morning since Oct. Really sick of it. We got the strobe and it worked well for a couple of days, then the bird just moved to another tree. It seems we'd need multiple strobe lights pointed at different trees, in order for it to work. Will be trying the eagle sound on an ipod timer next. Don't know if that works for wattlebirds, but will try it. I wish the council could allow us to trap it or something. We're in an inner suburb, Balwyn, and this thing is as loud as a rooster, yet it seems there's nothing we can do about it. Perhaps moving to a house with no trees in the garden is the only answer. — posted by Julie at 10.12.2009 17:52 AEST |

At 3.30am this morning I found this site and was reassured I was NOT alone being sent totally CUCKOO by the bloody Koel!! Last Christmas I could be found outside at 4am in my nightwear trying to shut the thing up before it drove our guests away. Thismorning I tried playing the cooee call but it just sat in the tree and answered back..ignored the eagle call!! I have the hose hooked up to a BIG pump today and tonight plan to BLAST it right out of the tree!! I also have a strobe light ordered!! SOMETHING has to work before Christmas guests arrive!! Has ANYONE had permanent success in ridding their garden of this creature. We live in the country and so it has MANY trees to settle in but WHY does it pick one close to the house. It is a big tree so too hard to attach an eagle kite too. — posted by Lyn at 15.12.2009 15:03 AEST |