We (The Lapstone Folk) saw a similar mixed flock Sunday afternoon. Dick
Turner who's kept records for wuite a while there said they were the first
Masked WS recorded there! Exciting times indeed. I wondered if the insects
were getting caught in some sort of vortex in the lee of the hill, as the WS
hawked back and forth across the face of the hill all afternoon, chirping
away quite happily.
Ev
On 9/25/06, steve roderick <> wrote:
During the westerly winds on Sat.23/9 I had 100+ White-browed and
Masked Woodswallows over my house at Weston, Kurri Kurri, about 40mins
from Newcaslte NSW. Although these birds are rare to uncommon in the
lower hunter valley(or anywhere in the hunter) they have hawked over
my house at least 2-3 times a year, for the past 4yrs(since moving
here) after strong westerlys in summer. These birds were the earliest
record during spring I have had.
Steve Roderick.
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